A novel set in a farming community in the Radnorshire hills, part of rural Wales.
In the autumn before the extreme winter of 1947 Jack and Lily Thomas, newly-weds with a young baby, arrive to run the neglected Welsh border Black House Farm.
They employ a local man, Griffith Evans, who they discover is the nephew of their troublesome neighbour, Estyn Evans, with whom they share hill rights.
JackÕs father, GriffithÕs mother, father and uncle grew up together but share a secret which will impact on the unsuspecting new arrivals and all those around them_._._.