It is many years since the cataclysmic, man-made event which drove all life from Birddom. Recovery has been slow but Nature always finds a way and now a paradise is on offer for those brave enough to make the attempt.Just such a bird is Spindle, an unhappy young heron who has lost all his family and is bullied mercilessly by others of his kind. Hearing of this far-off Eden and believing that he has nothing to lose, he sets off in search of a new home...