Eager to start his new life as a cabinetmaker, Garnet hastily signs a work contract with Valentina Stoppini, an eccentric woman who lives alone in the isolated Corbizzi mansion. He soon discovers the horrifying, violent history that underlies Professor Corbizzi's life work. Garnet can't explain the constant sense of dread that pervades the library and shatters his sleep with ghastly nightmares. With the help of his girlfriend, Garnet struggles for answers, and his quest leads to a terrifying collision of present and past that drags him toward a truth he could never have imagined.