When Richard and Liffey buy their dream cottage in the country, they little know what Nature has in store for them. While Richard sows wild oats in London, pregnant Liffey has to face alone the mysterious workings of her body - and the terrifying, primitive malevolence of her witch-neighbor, Mabs.

At the startling climax, Nature triumphs over both good and evil in this unique tale of a haunted pregnancy.