Books can help make the nightmares go away. At least, that's what Cordelia was told after the sudden death of her mother. But when the books become sources of the nightmares themselves, Cordelia is left to suffer without any hope for a cure. While trying to fight the unseen forces which plague their family bookshop, she awakens secrets in the books themselves, forcing her to make sacrifices no child should have to make. Ultimately, Cordelia discovers what truly led her mother down the path to her own demise, as well as uncovering the secrets that lie deep within the bookshop, and the shadows that use books as means to communicate with the living.