In an isolated area of Western Ireland, far from big towns or roads, and crowds, there was a huge unwanted house, that the local people from the nearby, little village of Kraighten. Said was haunted, the time, before the dawn of the Twentieth Century, apparently more than a score of years. Two strangers come to the seldom visited territory. Since the natives don't speak English, and the the outsiders can't communicate in Gaelic, there is a little problem. But it doesn't matter, the two have plenty of food and equipment for their fishing vacation. Finding a small river and the fish are biting, all is good. Sleeping in their tent, nothing to worry about, just wait for their driver to come back, in a couple of weeks. Fun in the sun, relax, get away from the hectic life of the big city. How wrong can you get! One day following the stream down, for a change, in the direction of the sea, it vanishes before them. The men look around, puzzled, finally see a mist, thick, hiding the surroundings, with many rainbows, caused by the Sun's rays, and come to a massive pit. Strange rumbling noises are heard, something's wailing below, the men have found the river, as it flows to the bottom of the chasm, a hundred feet underneath. Going further around, they arrive at an immense, gloomy, desolate, and now dead garden, of fruit trees. A short distance away, the deserted ancient, creepy house, that has almost fallen into the pit, the two brave young men go inside to investigate, everything's a wreck, dust, debris scattered everywhere, in the rooms, in what's left of the mansion, that hasn't descended to the bottomless, gigantic hole. Digging with their bare hands, the outsiders soon discover, under all that dirty garbage, a large manuscript, that is mostly intact. Reading the pages, by candlelight, after going back to camp, across the cursed woods, in their small, cramped tent, the fishermen stay up all night, the two, can't help it. The tale is that of an unnamed old man, and his sister Mary. He has bought the strange house, very cheaply. He doesn't ask many questions and stays away from the locals, they think him mad. His food is brought monthly to his home, the lonely man has his faithful dog, Pepper, to keep him company. Quiet Mary, is the elderly housekeeper and the years slowly go by, without trouble, until unwisely but understandable. The old man takes a look inside the pit, weird sounds had come from the bottom. With his rifle and dog along, in the dark, endless tunnel, Pepper is badly bitten by a hideous swine thing, that walks on his hind legs. After many adventures in the pit, the old man runs for his life, as a bunch of these creatures, from deep under the surface, attack him, if only he can get back home, spotting his sister, he yells at her, to go to the house, she complies very quickly. Frightening, bizarre dreams, visions, of a dying Earth, follow, real or unreal ? The old man will not leave, he is the bravest man in the world...