An investigation into a series of brutal murders in the city of Carlisle leads Harry Rendell, a detective from the homicide department, to the mansion of Count Alfred Cobb. To a place that tries to take you into the abyss from the very threshold. To the abode of darkness, which chose this house as the cradle for its rebirth. The detective will have to find out the history of this house, which, like a mosaic, is scattered throughout the souls of the inhabitants of the mansion. And the more parts appear, the deeper Harry’s consciousness goes into Nigredo, drawing the new inhabitants of the house like an artist. But where does reality end and illusion begin? Who to trust when you are absolutely alone in a hostile world? And will there be a little light in his grief-stricken soul? Light that will lead him to a way out of this rotten place...