Aldie grew up with farmer Point and matured into manhood under Grandmaster Sense Hattori Hans. Unloved because of his German dialect, he is drawn into the turmoil of the Tyrolean freedom struggle. Alldie mutates into a freedom hero in a foreign land.

In the middle of the mountain wilderness of the Alps, a glowing meteorite strikes a glacier and brings a Neanderthal boy frozen in ice back to life. This boy, Bataa, meets Sophie, a girl who has run away from a vacation cabin in the mountains. At first, the two seem separated by language and time, but they quickly discover they have things in common: Sophie has lost her mother and cannot find her place in her new blended family, and Bataa also feels abandoned and longs for his family.

During a taxi ride, the discussion between a vampire and the taxi driver reveals a series of murders.

Driven by specters of his past, the chemist David Endresz works on developing a new drug called NatAct, which is supposed to heal a variety of psychological disorders. Gradually his doubts concerning the drug’s effectivness increase, but his boss, Viktor Kanzler, wants to redeem his father’s business by launching the product before approval. Journalists Miriam Seifert and Stella Wagner plan to expose the scandal about the drug and try to thwart Viktor Kanzler’s questionable intentions. Nevertheless a more and more torn David tests the drug on an unknown experimentee in front of investors and the press. Suddenly forces stronger than any individual’s intention take over and show how fate has connected everyone in the past.

Claudia is at her wit's end: Her best friend Margit has disappeared since moving. When new neighbors finally move into Margit's former home, the rumor mill begins to churn.