Stories of pagan orgies lead a journalist to a remote Scottish village. What White finds there goes beyond his darkest fantasies.

Discovering an ancient cult whose women debase themselves for their bestial lovers, he is soon bewitched by an exotic dancer called Miriam and May, the wild girl of the woods who must be trained and tamed. And when White discovers their shameful secret, he must choose between them and their puritan enemies : designers of the most exquisite tortures.