Andreas Barthel

"...and when the song of the birds falls silent, you close your eyes forever" This is how young Chiara knows it from the story her mother once told her. A story that also haunts her when she wakes up in the hospital after a suicide attempt. For the raven visits her every night, as she tells her closest confidant. And this man, too, soon finds himself drawn into a mysterious world that, in a strange way, also seems to be linked to his own story. A story that could have taken different paths for all involved, as is to be seen...

Shortly after Eli returns from a successful hunt for a suspected criminal, a stranger dressed as a priest suddenly shows up at his house. He claims to know him - and accuses him of having taken part in a cruel crime. A malicious lie? Eli denies the crime, his wife Rose believes him - at first. But what does the stranger, who persists in his accusations, want?

A village somewhere in Bohemia in the 19th century: Seven citizens are found mutilated within a very short space of time. The notables are at a loss. Is it something to do with the mysterious stranger who recently came to the village? Is he a messenger of the devil? In any case, he doesn't seem to have come alone: Eerie apparitions scare the inhabitants, and a werewolf is supposedly up to mischief in the woods. All just a figment of the imagination? Not at all! Because the stranger is gathering his emissaries around him to raise the dead. It's time for his revenge.