Yallery Brown strives to reach the Outer Hebrides. There he must find a tribe of gnomes that can finally break the curse that was laid upon him by a witch. All manner of beasts unknown by man stand in his way and waters treacherous with leviathans and deadly currents hinder his progress. When a prophecy, that has been dormant for six thousand years, is brought to life Yallery is aided by a faery that is on a mission to save the world but the question is whose world will be saved?