Pip lives with Mum in their isolated cottage of the wetlands. Pip struggles to feel like he fits in at school. But at home, amongst nature, he can truly be himself. 

Just like every winter, Pip is waiting for the swanfall - when the flock of majestic Arctic swans return from Siberia on their anual migration. He knows every swan by their unique markings, and he loves to help mum record the flock as they soar, shining through December, Pip's favourite three swans haven't apppeared. Instead, Pip notices strange footprints in the snow, whispers in the snow and the sense that someone is wathcing him.