Criminal inspector Eva Thornblad returns to her home town of Silverhojd for the first time in seven years, since her daughter disappeared there without trace.

The girl that Eva almost drove over turns out to be suffering from some mysterious illness. Can she be Eva's daughter, Josefine, who disappeared seven years ago?

Eva and the police search for the guilty man. But the girl Eva believes to be her daughter has disappeared from the hospital. At the Thörnblad farm she discovers something terrible...

A burglar leaves something behind for Eva at the Thörnblad farm. Can Eva save Josefine and at what cost? Wass is pursuing his own goals on Silverhöjd. Who is he really working for?

Josefine's condition is just getting worse by the moment and Eva is faced their life's hardest choice, she must choose between her daughter and another girl.

Eva makes a fateful decision to save Josefine, but things don't go as she planned and nature's grasp of Eva becomes even harder instead.