Shortly after Mike and Geraldine Baker take over a hotel in a remote and beautiful Welsh valley, a mysterious object lands nearby. Mike thinks it is a meteorite, but the thing has several unusual features. Later, Mike dreams that the object is an egg. But, as Geraldine immediately points out, when was the last time anybody saw a stone egg fall from the sky?

Gradually, however, it turns out that Mike is nearer the truth than anyone care imagine, and , for the few people living in the valley, and for the tourists visiting it, heaven turns slowly into hell...

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