A streak of failures at the Institute for the Study of the Unexplained has dragged on: first, Voytěch becomes a captive of a strange dream, then Nev disappears without a trace. But the trials don’t end there—soon, under mysterious circumstances, one of the staff dies. The new case threatens to become the most tangled and risky of all: ahead is a climax the team has been working toward for years. Will they have time to reveal the killer’s identity and stop them before new victims appear? And can they resist the nightmares that have suddenly become real?