On December 23rd Matthew Rook receives a message from an eccentric teacher, who has been dead for three months. On Christmas day Violet Evangeline Owens receives a mirror that shows her as the most beautiful person in her extended universe. On January 1st seven year old Wendy Wilkins is given a doll by a stranger, who resembles the little girl who went missing on Halloween night the previous year. During the winter storm on January 4th, a recluse named Logan Kissel has to let in someone into his home for the first time in twenty years, and is given a passage. On January 13th Tessa Devon is given a charming necklace that allows her to speak clearly for the first time. The last given token is received by college drop out Westley Stokes, who receives the time of his life from an accursed watch. For better or for worse, these six ordinary recipients are about to learn of the good that the world can provide if only looked for hard enough. Or are forced to understand the cruelty that themselves hold deep within their very souls.