Belenus Creagh, a real, authentic faery who originated in the countryside of Ireland, is a fan of American TV westerns. So much so that he has traveled through the Fairy Mound, arriving at the Caddo Indian mounds of East Texas. Finding Texas to be not quite like he anticipated, he begins to explore his surroundings, eventually settling in the small town of Keachi, Louisiana. There he befriends a young spirit named Lalari who almost gets him into more trouble than he can get out of. So that Lalari will have a playmate, Belenus agrees to kidnap a human child. He doesn't expect to be so moved, watching the child's single mother crying over her lost son on local TV. Belenus might be able to return the child and look like a hero. But things will never work out that easily.