In the summer of 1921, Irina and Lili Goliteva return to their ancestral mansion in Moscow to find it overtaken by Bolshevik officials. Once symbols of privilege, the sisters are forced into the attic while strangers occupy the grand rooms below. They try to forget the world they lost, but the house refuses to let them move on. Shadows stir, whispers rise, and the ghosts of their family reach toward them with desperate intent.
Seeking escape, Irina and Lili join the American Relief Administration, gaining food, purpose, and the possibility of love. Yet the danger inside their home grows when an official turns up dead, leaving the sisters to question whether the threat is supernatural or human.
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