Half moorfolk and half human, and unable to shape-shift or disappear at
will, Moql threatens the safety of the Band. So the Folk banish her and
send her to live among humans as a changeling. Named Saaski by the
couple for whose real baby she was swapped, she grows up taunted and
feared by the villagers for being different, and is comfortable only on
the moor, playing strange music on her bagpipes.
As Saaski grows up, memories from her forgotten past with the Folks
slowly emerge. But so do emotions from her human side, and she begins to
realize the terrible wrong the Folk have done to the humans she calls Da
and Mumma. She is determined to restore their child to them, even if it
means a dangerous return to the world that has already rejected her
once.