简介：AsCreekandPollystrivetosettleintorurallife,theyfindtheirapparentlyserenecountryvillageisriddledwithallmannerofstrangeanddisturbingundercurrents... Troubleisalreadybrewinginthenearbycommunitycentre-recentlyreopenedafteramajorface-lift-whereasordidsexscandalisabouttobreak,castingapallofgloomoverthecelebrations. Andatthevicarage,thearrivalofanewbabyisovershadowedbytalesofa“weirdhump-backedbeast”,thathasbeenseenprowlinginthegardenbynightandforagingthroughtherubbishbagsforfoodstuffs. EventheCreekresidenceisstruckbymisfortune,astheprospectofaplagueofdeadlyJapaneseKnotweedthreatenstotriggerwide-scalepanicthroughoutthevillage.Andafterawholeslewofotherunfortunateevents,therearefearsthatsomestrangeparochialApocalypseisabouttodawn. JonathanCreek,meanwhile,findshimselfpayingacharitablecallontheeccentricMrEricIpswich-aka'TheAmazingAstrodamus'-anancientandreclusiveformerpsychicmagicianwhowillshortlybringthevillagetoastandstillbypullingoffthemostbafflingactofclairvoyanceinhistory. AndwhatisbehindthemacabrerecurringdreamthatcontinuestohauntCreek'swifePolly...inwhichthekindlychildren'snurserycharacterTheSandmanistransformedintoadarkandchillingfigureofevil?…