Blanca, a woman in her fifties, spends the summer in a chalet in the Valais mountains. Far away from people, she spends her days in solitude. Only occasionally does her husband come up from the valley; her only companions are a dog and a cat. Before her eyes stretches a dense, dark forest. She begins to explore it, diving deeper each day, getting lost, losing herself, merging with the immense nature. During her explorations, she encounters Guérin, a farmhand who wanders from farm to farm and surprises her with gifts from the forest. This primal figure, both raw and delicate, frightens her yet draws her in with a magnetic pull. When Blanca is found dead in her chalet one day, people immediately suspect foul play. Corinna Bille's latest novel emanates the hypnotic power of a dream. On the surface, it tells of flowers, mushrooms, and trees – yet the reader senses that there is more beneath.