A powerful story about friendship and family, about youth and illness.

Sebastian should be anywhere but in his old childhood room, not in this new housing development somewhere in Germany. He should be in his shared apartment, he should be at university, he should be getting to know other guys with his best friend Su and simply living life. But everything turns out differently: Three tumors are in his body, two of them the size of a fist. Chemotherapy must begin as soon as possible, and Sebastian moves back in with his parents. A long, difficult time lies ahead of him. But waiting for Sebastian are his old school friend Jasna, who also lives back in the neighborhood, and Linus, whom he falls in love with. And at the very end of this journey, neither life nor death awaits him, because that would be too simple.

Stefan Hornbach presents a captivating debut that tells of existential themes in a way that is both natural and moving, something that is rarely seen in literature.