It's Yule in the small Welsh town of Llanfair and magic collides with the everyday, in all sorts of ways ... It starts out with a horse's skull on a stick, of course: the Mari Lwyd. Then someone is assaulted but he won't press charges. Bron, a traditional hedge witch, wonders why.Is it linked to the crack in the ground, and the falling of the standing stones? Someone is stirring up trouble and once again, it's down to Bron to - literally - unearth...