Many know Agata Sever as a talented detective writer who draws inspiration for her novels from personal experience. Needless to say, this “experience” is often dangerous? Mysterious and intricate cases find Agata themselves on a deceptively quiet northern island. This time, the first alarm is an emergency during the filming of a new mystical thriller. At the sacred cape, where the heroine is supposed to die according to the plot, lightning unexpectedly strikes a pine tree. While local residents discuss an “ill omen,” drawing on ancient Karelian legends, Agata tries to unravel an old secret. Could the dead really sometimes return? And what does this mean for the living?