England is experiencing its wettest and coldest summer since records began.The sun appears to be dimming and losing its power. A society lady Dame Petunia Bladderwort, who is living in reduced circumstances,finds herself unexpectedly transported to the Mud world of Terra Aqua. A planet with no set orbit that just wanders around space like a giant pinball. Due to the result of a failed American time travel experiment she is finds herself stranded upon Terra Aqua. Where she encounters Cyril, An international modelling gnome,who also had crashed into the planet, due to a temporal anomaly. Dame Petunia also chances upon an American service man from her past.Their ensuing adventures lead them to the mud men,A group of entrepreneurs who are mining the mud.In their travels, they encounter The Keeper, who is overseeing both the seen and the unseen universes, while keeping safe the secrets that hold the dark forces at bay.This little band of ecliptic individuals also assist the celestial dragon Chimaira,to get home,