A sequel to Miasteczko Nonstead. It would seem that those who end up in Nonstead never truly leave. Nathaniel McCarnish regains consciousness and realises that he is a barman in a pub. He cannot remember what made him take the job, and what is more, he has no memory of the past two years. Before long he concludes that the key to the mystery lies in Nonstead. There he will have to stand over a forgotten grave. There, too, he will find his only true friend, and there, in the depths of a freezing winter, he begins to unravel the dark scheme of which he has become the victim. He soon realises that Nonstead, which he had always taken for a bleak and forbidding place, has suddenly become someone's antechamber to hell. For someone is pulling the strings: Maggor, a man without eyes, who feeds on human suffering. Nathan and Skinner suddenly find themselves in the middle of a murderous manhunt. They cannot let their guard down for a moment, because someone is following their every step, and someone else is always ready to stand in their way. They must not slow down. They must not hesitate. And above all, they must not answer any telephone calls.