Linn Sikke is 18 years old and has moved to Chicago in the US to look for her missing father. What she discovers on the road is a series of deep family secrets and dark stories that weigh her heart. While this happens, she manages to meet a young man who calls himself Philip. The mysterious thing about Philip is that he always pops up where Linn is, every time she questions him, he disappears. And who is it that Linn's mother actually talks to daily without her phone? and why hasn't Linn's mother left her house for months? Spoiler alert: "Who are you and why do you want something to do with me !!" "Your family has had this fate since far behind in time ... I happened to be your fate as your dad was your mother's .."

Macer har precis flyttat till sin pappas barndomsstad, Murenby. Det är sommarlov, gatorna är öde och heta som glödande kål. Ingenting i staden verkar vara öppet. Utom det gamla biblioteket i mitten av centrum förstås... Synd att Macer hatar att läsa. Fast å andra sidan, den blanka boken med läderpärmar är nog ingen vanlig bok i alla fall...