Morgan Levi Spencer, an affirmed bachelor who lived his forty-one years with his parents, was sure that he would soon be living alone.

But a mystical force was about the descend on Dead Man's Cove, a low valley that had no harbour to speak of. It was a force of destiny, that said that no man was an island, and that fate would make fools of their plans.

From the fog that surrounded the Cove came a presence that would change Morgan's life forever.

Her named was Alasie. Her hair, black as a raven's wing, hung down to her waist and swung to and fro as her body flowed in a rhythmic dance.

He would never be the same again.