It is the year 2044. In a ramshackle hut at the far end of Cabbage Beach, Rib Meskitoe awakens from a nightmare to find two huge ravens sitting at the foot of his bed. One surreal laserflight later, Rib is admitted to Bletchley Intelligence Park, a secret training camp where elite Protectorate cadets are put through their paces on a strictly controlled diet of candyfloss and toffee apples. A chilling message from a mysterious set of song lyrics sends Rib on a helter-skelter dash in search of the Third Stone. The final play is made. The runes are cast. But the ice is coming...