David Almond, recipient of the Carnegie Medal, and Kate Greenaway Medal winner Levi Pinfold have created a poetic, fascinating, and lovely picture book. The valley below steadily filled with water after the Kielder Water in Northumberland constructed a large dam. But prior to this, after the inhabitants had left, two musicians returned to the deserted valley. As this would be the final time music would be heard in this location, they tore down the boards covering the dwellings, entered, and began to perform. David Almond honours all musicians in an astounding picture book that mixes themes of sorrow, optimism, and music while illuminating the age-old, irresistible power of creativity.