Time flows steadily and evenly at the manor with its linden-tree avenue. Not only children of Silje and Tengel the Good have grown up, but also their grandchildren. Yet suddenly a peaceful life is shattered by a terrible tragedy: a child is born into the family bearing the mark of evil inheritance—a true creature from the depths of hell. Only a simple girl named Irja, the daughter of a poor peasant from the Eykebyu farmstead, can handle it—she too keeps more than one secret in her heart…