An anxious single father seeks to protect his teenage daughter from a talking bear that works at a fast food restaurant.

Terry is a normal kid having a normal childhood, with two small exceptions: Her father is an American spy living in West Berlin at the height of the Cold War, and she is going Deaf in both ears. Every day she goes to school, does her homework, plays with dolls, and every night her family plays a game of “Scare,” which, unbeknownst to her, is preparation for an impending Russian invasion.

Linnie lives with her Nana in the unincorporated territory of Villegreen, Colorado - notable only for a nearby paleontological site. When Nana’s memory begins to fail, Linnie goes looking for evidence of the past.