The dark estate, Urobor, was once an insane asylum. They say bodies are buried there. Now it is inhabited by a strange mystic and his family. Hazel Blackford lives next door and grows up in the shadow of Urobor. She is possessed with strong curiosity and impulsiveness and is soon involved with the family and the strange death that occurs there. This is her story. It encompasses life, death, rumor, truth; and, in the end, love.