When the body of a young heiress is found and her baby, ripped from the still warm corpse, is taken; the woman's half-brother swears to bring those responsible to justice. It is a task that appears almost impossible until years later when he discovers the child's name, Raven. Now, in a post-apoplectic world, Raven lives on the edge of society, earning her living immersed in the electronic chatter and detritus of a future, drowned world. And then Ceriful crosses the boundaries, bringing the slipstream in his wake. Ceriful - sometimes demon and sometimes angel, but always dangerous - a being from another reality, part fantasy, part product of those who still dream, and oh so enticing. Ceriful needs Raven to restore his realm, and he brings with him a promise. Now Raven's decision will either save his world, or hers. But when the fantastic becomes real, people die!