It all begins way back in the nineteen hundreds when a young man by the name of Alex Murray who lived in a place called Henshawe, a sprawling rural township at the foot of dense forest, had a job he loved flying planes. He would fly to a place further north called Armadale where he would collect hospital supplies for the local doctor in Henshawe. All went well for Alex for quite a while, until one day when on his way to Armadale he encounters a violent storm. Crashing into the forest, he survives the disaster. Later, wandering through the desolate forest, he comes across a strange city whose people appear to have come from the distant past. He abides here for a while and eventually discovers his way home. He never forgets his time in the strange place, and never tells anyone what had happened to him. However, each time he flies to Armadale after that, he tries to spot the city in the forest from the air. He never does. Much later in his middle age he has enough money to form his own flying business and eventually he becomes a millionaire. He buys a beautiful white mansion overlooking Henshawe and up in the forest. From then onwards the story tells of the discovery within the estate, of a small glade, which turns out to be magical. Thus members of the family who live in the mansion are from the glade transported by magic to a strange land where Elves, Wizards and Mythical creatures live. It seems only these members can reach the strange land where the people there call them 'mortals'. Each generation thereafter has an adventure in this place and then returns to tell the tale, but only to other family members. Mementos are also kept of the visit. Until one day a devastating forest fire destroys much of the forest along with 'the way of the light' as the route to the strange land is called, and it appears it is lost forever - or is it?