The peace and serenity of the 1867 English countryside is shattered when Colin Amesbury, and his twin sister Lady Christabel discover a grievously injured child sprawled in the dirt at the side of the road. The inescapable conclusion is most horrifying. The child had been clawed, by a great beast.
Things become even more peculiar when a mysterious man, the very image of an ancient Viking warrior, arrives at their castle. Destiny, he says, has called him there.