During a business trip, Nicolas Arpens disappears on the outskirts of Santiago de Compostela. As the story becomes increasingly obscure, the detective in charge of the investigation realises that the heart of the case lies in another time...

An unnamed man being held in prison, recounting his life as a college dropout who met and fell in love with a beautiful girl named Nona, while aimlessly hitchhiking on a snowy winter’s night in Maine. That night, the narrator is seduced by Nona into murdering several innocent bystanders