A town is in turmoil. Three children have disappeared. The unsuccessful investigations fuel the rumors. Suspicions and accusations spread. There is a hunt against the cat eaters, the gypsies. The language of hate blazes in the radio and on the internet. When Alicja Tabor returns to her childhood town to investigate the mysterious abductions as a journalist, inexplicable things begin to happen, creating an eerie atmosphere. Joanna Bator depicts how moods can shift, how latent fears and traumas can erupt into sudden outbreaks of madness. A novel about the fragility of a society that has lost its common language.