'New libraries will be places to relax, make friends, drink coffee and browse for impulse, take-home treats. Libraries used to be about books, now they're about people' Reference Librarian Adam suspects this brave new world. He fears for his job and his beloved books. Can his love for fellow librarian Asha prosper in a community divided? And who or what is the inexplicable Betsy Bannister? Will the web she's weaving protect or trap them? Adam has to travel to the Machars of Galloway in an attempt to find out.