Set on an alternate Earth not all that different to ours, fairytales have been outlawed, governments believing that the best way to prepare young people for the world is to expose them to reality as early as possible. But a horrible mistake has been made: not only are fairies and magic real, but our diminishing belief is weakening them, and the weaker they are the more danger the human race is in. When teenager Clint narrowly escapes an attack on his family home he finds himself drawn into a world where he and his friends hold the key to saving fairy and humankind alike. As they discover the hidden world of magic they meet extraordinary friends and discover the horror at the centre of the war: an immortal being who needs no sleep, who offers no mercy and will stop at nothing to watch the world burn. As they race to help the fairies and persuade the world of the truth before time runs out they face a dark reality. If they cannot rally the forces of light in time, their enemy will create a literal hell on Earth.