The story, set in rural Ireland, is about a beatiful traveilling (gypsy) mother, called Margo who finds herself with a new born child and dependent onthe hospitality of a convent of nuns in a small garrison town called Crowebarry. Her son, Hugo displays mystical powers with animals and believing his destiny is to be the Kind of the Gypsies, Margo dedicates herself to this dream.

The story starts with the birth of Hugo and the death of his father on a mountain side poass outside the town. She is taken to the convent and housed in the stables. The child is christened and Margo starts working in the kitchen wher she endures the detestablwe perversions of Sister Veronica, whom fate should not show justice should she live.

The local community shun margo and her child because they are travellers. Yet, secretly the men of the town lust for her and the women threatened by her beaty and affronted by her social standing detest her.

Her son is educated by the nuns and tothe gypsy world of mystic and potions by his mother. On reaching puberty they leave the convent and move to the rectory where Margo becomes the housekeeper. Here her womanly desires draw her towards Father benedict, a young priest, while a local farmer Sean Ross, takes and active interest in her.

The local garrison is plagued by a small effective group of rebels and the English Brigadier's son is killed making their capture a personal vendetta.

A litany of events unfolds to add depth and reality to a true labyrinth of a plot. The characters take human form and the extraordinary powers of Hugo's somehow touch your senses as being normal.

The town suffers a plague. Hugo falls in love with Sean Ross's daughter. Sister Veronica flees the convent and hides in the woods. Ross asks Margo to marry him. The rebels plan to attack the garrison payroll.

The story ends with a shocking climax that will compel readers to keep turning the pages until the last sentence gives them release.