Faline Collins has never fit in. The only people she remotely gets along with is her family and her best friend Bertie. But Faline's life begins to look up when she finds an enchanting necklace: an amber stone with an ancient design on it, all hanging on a silky black ribbon. The gift inspires Faline to search for her biological parents. With only her necklace and a postcard, Faline and her best friend Bertie take off on a trip to England, where Faline believes she may have been born. So away they go, eager to explore England, but also to see if they can find more clues leading up to Faline's very mysterious past. But Faline's adventure abroad takes a strange turn when she runs into a young man, scar-faced Brent, who takes a sudden interest in her necklace. Things get weirder yet when just few nights later, Faline is attacked by an other-worldly shadow creature and saved by an over-sized black cat. According to some locals who believe her wild tale, she was saved by the infamous Black Beast of Exmoor. As she tries to find out more about the elusive beast, she discovers there is a dark magic behind the legend and it is more than just local folklore. And what's more, her past has a big part of it, and Faline finds that she may be the answer to the age old war of good and evil, of light versus darkness.