In an unspecifed time in the future in Eurostate 8 - the country once known as England, Angel Ashe is approaching her 15th birthday. In a world where life is conducted using high technology, all entertainment is by means of the Vee Net, Angel is not alone in amusing herself by travelling to parallel worlds. In her favorite world, Avalonne, Angel has fallen in love with a boy called Winter, but alas, it is not real, and Angel knows that her future life lies in the hands of her controlling parent, who has a special birthday surprise in store. But when she discovers what this is, Angel flees her own party and runs to the local Vee Net Mall. Upset and angry, Angel collides with a mirror sculpture in the gallery area. Her eyes lock two reflections of herself, and the next thing she knows she has jumped out her world and into another, and there before her, is Winter. Angel and Winter must now fight to stay together . . .