In a foggy marsh at the far edges of Essex, England, sits the town of Whye-next-to-Sea. Forlorn and abandoned, Whye is a great utopian experiment that has gone horribly wrong.
Forgotten for sixty years, a proposed urban renewal project is about to see Whye become a battleground between various factions; vulture capitalists, far-right terrorists and local residents, as they fight for the town’s future- and its soul.
Drawn into this battle, two siblings, Lauren and Ted Allston, must navigate a complex web of lies, murder and intrigue, as well as their personal demons, in their struggle to escape the town’s clutches before the world around them sinks into anarchy.