On the icy shores of Cape Cod, renowned exposé journalist Ethan Everett arrives at the empty luxury resort, Notre Joie, for a career-saving interview. But the off-season staff and guests — including the beguiling owner Vera, unsettling manager Oliver, and charming drifter Johnny — draw Ethan into a surreal maze of guilt, secrets, and waking nightmares that forces Ethan to confront horrors far greater than any story he’s ever uncovered.