Nick Caedwallan is dying. Lucy is running for her life. Thomas Whitefeather has died more times than he cares to remember. Three lives are joined by turritopsis dohrnii, a dime-sized jellyfish with a bright red stomach and the gift of immortality.

A sleepy town, a couple of readers, and a fairy on a quest to save stories from extinction. Will they find new sources of inspiration or will books die out forever?