In search of new life Brie Прескотт departs in an unknown city. She knows soon, that not far away from her a queer young bird lives by name Арчер. He lives one, the local consider him a deaf-and-dumb. But Brie knows the language of fingers - in childhood she intermingled on him with a father, - therefore tries to put right a contact with Арчером. However it appears that Арчер keeps silence quite not because can not talk. All of it is a consequence old municipal riddle, imposing an imprint on all habitants. Brie undertakes to unriddle her.