Trying to forget the trauma of the Great War, Dietrich Praeter hides in the small, sleepy town of Kaifeck. Here, he tries to escape his haunting past, a place where his ghosts will leave him alone and he may finally find the peace and happiness he so desperately seeks. This is not to be. On a cold spring day in the Bavarian countryside town of Kaifeck, in the year of 1922, a few concerned residents--among which, Dietrich now counts himself too--go to check on their neighbors. What they find is a grisly, bloody massacre that continues to haunt the region. In the midst of hiding from his own demons, Dietrich realizes that everyone lives haunted lives, and perhaps the devil's greatest trick is hiding in plain sight.