It all began with a letter from a lawyer that later Matthew Mason would wish he'd never opened... A bequest from a mysterious relative he never knew he had and a series of seemingly unrelated circumstances bring a dramatic turn of events to his life. Shy, stammering Matthew is forced out of the quiet world he's built around himself and cast into the unknown. A twist of fate leads to a meeting with an extraordinary and supernatural being whose home is both a prison and a fantastic refuge. The secrets of Salal and his subterranean island sets Matthew on a dangerous journey that changes his life forever.