This is the story of sixteen year-old Wayne Higginbotham from Yorkshire. Though Wayne may seem like an average, ordinary, adolescent schoolboy, he is in fact, adopted and is the last surviving son of the King of the Leprechauns. He has found that he has all the magical abilities of his race and can change his form at will. Furthermore, we learn that Wayne is destined to be the Slanaitheoir Mor, the savior of all mankind.

Nonetheless, he still has to deal with all the usual t emptations and trials of growing up. He shape-shifts to impress the beautiful Step hanie Fleming, and in doing so, makes himself highly vulnerable. The dangerous Sacred Order Of Saint Gregory are now aware of his existence and they begin to track him down. As his most powerful enemy grows in power, a large cast of characters all begin scrambling towards Wayne for the final culmination.

This is the second volume of the "Higginbotham Histories" trilogy, and the sequel to The Lament of the Leprechauns.