The family of thirteen-year-old Max moves to a quiet coastal town. But from the first day, the boy feels something strange. These ancient buildings and quaint streets seem to be alive. And those sculptures – did they seem to move? The hands of clocks here sometimes begin to move in the opposite direction, and during a storm, sunken ships rise from the seabed. The story of the former owner of the house where Max's family settled is shrouded in mystery. But the strange keeper of the lighthouse tells a legend about the merciless and powerful Lord of the Mist, who ruled these parts for centuries. And now he's back to collect the debts of the past...