Archie Stringweed lives in the windswept Scottish fishing village of Westervoe. Archie is sure that the wind talks to him; that the wind watches him. It seems to appear round corners and laugh at him; to creep up behind him and blow him along the pavement; to drape itself round his shoulders and scr[...]
One day Archie is amazed to see the most extraordinary sea creatures as he is playing on the pier. When he looks closely he finds that these are not like any other creatures he has seen before. Soon more mysteries are revealing themselves all around him and he is pitched into a danger-filled battle [...]