When Swedish student Elin Ersson boards a flight to Istanbul, the passengers include an asylum seeker being deported to a perilous future in Afghanistan. When everyone else takes their seats, Elin takes a stand.

An aspiring novelist soon finds the deadly reality behind the legend of a Wishmaker.

17-year-old Gezim, refugee and victim of human trafficking in the UK, is doing everything he can to keep his 12-year-old sister Elira safe after their mother goes missing and they are left to fend for themselves.