Jan Ziono takes us on a journey with fate, isolation and mystery in a novel that contemplates the influence of the past on the present, and raises questions about the human soul and what it adopts in its thinking, believes and acts on its basis. In a quiet and forgotten village there is the Polish mill area, not just an ancient building, but a witness to a series of misfortunes that befall a family haunted by the curses of the past. Family members, generation after generation, fall prey to a mysterious and merciless fate. Tortured and lost souls, lost dreams, a village full of confusion, chasing after scandals...but are we the ones making up the curses? Or is it a punishment for old sins? Or just endless bad luck? Can love break the curse of time?