When Issak Lazarevic, Serbia’s best-known contemporary writer, guns down ten of his pupils, the nation reels in disbelief. Was it madness or something more deliberate?

In the wake of the massacre, veteran journalist Jelena Basturk, Lazarevic's former partner and once fiercest admirer, begins her own investigation. What she uncovers is a labyrinth of contradictions: strange sightings, eerie manuscripts written before the events they describe, and a network of educators seemingly influenced by the writer's cryptic agenda.

As Serbia descends into chaos, with schools shuttered, and books burned on Republic Square, and cities torn apart by the protests, Jelena races to unravel the truth behind Lazarevic's violent act and the disturbing prophecies that follow. When two new manuscripts arrive at her doorstep, predicting even darker chapters to come, she realises the story is far from over.