the book focuses on the rhymeburn, where many strange disappearance and deaths happen, two of which the main character has some dealings with, the book is also about the hunting the main character does. its set in northumberland, on rimside moor near Cragside and Rothbury, many of the place names have been changed, most are in the coorect place, some have been moved a couple of miles nearer to the main characters home. also some of the features of the landscape have been changed slighty by the author.