'There is geometry in the humming of the strings, There is music in the placing of the spheres.' And there are places on earth where Pythagoras' 'musica universalis' can make its celestial influence felt. Deep in the English countryside, Puckrup Hall is just such a place. Currently in use as a boys' boarding school, it can bring extraordinary things and extraordinary challenges into the lives of those who go there. Especially those who are looking for something. Like Charlie Peterson, 32, gifted rock guitarist and songwriter who has lost his greatest friends, a glowing future, and his passion for music, in a tragic traffic accident. Though years have passed, he has found neither joy nor closure. He ends up at Puckrup by virtue of curious coincidence and a barely remembered chemistry degree. Being a schoolteacher would never, ever, have been on Charlie Peterson's bucket list - but the music of the cosmos doesn't baulk at a few dissonant chords when it's producing a score ...