What is the mysterious force that connects Glastonbury Tor, Stonehenge, the marsh Arabs of Mesopotamia and a haunted house in Hampstead to the biblical Garden of Eden? What is the explanation for the sudden increase in poltergeist activity, hysterical pregnancies, madness and destruction? What is the influence that causes a beautiful missionary doctor to be a party to murder, become obsesses with sex and pregnant with a magical child? Frances Devereaux is the daughter of a psychic, her inherited powers enabling her to witness to conflict between worlds beyond Earth, as the planet is attacked by pillars of darkness - devastating shifts of time that mystify scientists the world over. Together with Michael, her lover, she embarks on a journey of discovery.