The story is set in the Land of Mazgavon, a parallel world to which the protagonist has been transported from his parents' house which is located in South Yorkshire, England. The novel centres on a somewhat naive little boy who questions his place in the universe and in the order of things generally, and feels that he has not been told the truth about these matters. A beguiling and ethereal spirit-lady (Zefnia) entices him into a parallel world and...