A young man named Erik has turned his back on Earth to search for answers in the vastness of space. Far away from any stars and planets, in complete loneliness, a woman suddenly answers the radio. The conversations of the two let Erik gradually doubt his intention and even reality itself.

When the village sheriff Frank Koops settles a dispute between the neighbors Ernst and Rudi, he has no idea that this is the prelude to murderous complications that go back far into the past.