1926: Penelope Collins is the only one who remember the folk and fairy tales of the world. When bullied Penelope lashes out and punches her teacher, she cracks open the boundary between the Realm of Men and an invisible isle off the coast of Edinburgh, Scotland where the forgotten tales are kept.Like Prometheus bringing fire to earth, Penelope must bring the tales back to the Realm of Men, before humanity is lost. But terrors lurk at each encounter with the fairy tale inhabitants of the isle....