Beatrice Collingwood is a quiet, unassuming girl living in the charming countryside town of Morromere. Her father's death marks the beginning of a vast change to Beatrice's world. Her mother remarries, and her cruel step-father sends Beatrice away to his ancestral home, Rasden Hall, in the cold, northern town of Colmouth. Upon arriving at the house and finding nothing there with which to survive, she realises he sent her there to die. Furthermore, the house seems to be haunted by invisible spirits that scream, wail, taunt, and terrify. She is faced with the decision to either submit to despair, or find out the secrets the house and the town are hiding.