Josy, a twelve year old girl, has an inexplicable illness and vanisheswithout trace from her doctor's office during treatment. Four years later:Josy's father, well-known psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has withdrawn himselfto an isolated North Sea island in order to deal with the tragedy. Untilhe's paid a surprise visit from a beautiful stranger. Anna Glass is anovelist and she suffers from an unusual form of schizophrenia: all thecharacters she creates for her books become real to her. And in her lastnovel she has written about a young girl with an unknown illness who hasvanished without a trace. Is the inconceivable possible? Do Anna'sdelusions describe Josy's last days? Reluctantly Viktor agrees to take onAnna's therapy in a last attempt to uncover the horrible truth behind hisdaughter's disappearance . . .