Rare book dealer Apollo lives a happy life with his wife Emma and their newborn son. The only problem is that Apollo suffers from nightmares. One day Emma disappears, and Apollo's journey to find her, as well as the outcome of this journey, are fascinating and moving. Like Lavelle's earlier works, The Devil in Silver and The Ecstatic, this new book also has fairy tale connotations and combines multiple literary genres into a serious literary work with horror elements.