An avid outdoorsman, Ben’s life was nearly perfect until a giant bull moose viciously attacked him in the mountains. Not only did the animal nearly take his life, but it incredibly spoke to him as well, uttering a set of simple words that have endlessly tormented him. He hears them whispered in his head almost daily, and nearly a year removed from the attack, he’s become a shell of the man he once was.

As a result, his once vibrant relationship with wife Robin has deteriorated to the brink of divorce. Ben fervently insists his encounter with the moose happened just as he says it did, but Robin openly questions his mental health. She’s a rational and calculated thinker, unable to readily accept the impossibility of her husband’s claims.

But despite that key difference of opinion, both of them desperately want to save their marriage. To do so, they decide to hike back to the spot in the mountains where Ben was attacked. Ben believes that visiting there once more will provide an explanation for the words, while Robin hopes it will finally help Ben to understand that it was all in his head.

Their journey together forces Ben to confront buried parts of his past that Robin believes are relevant to his plight. The secretive death of his fraternal twin brother years prior seems like the most likely culprit, but the deeper the two of them dig and reconnect along the way, the louder and more forbidding the words become to keep them away.

Tim Kauffman is searching for a legend he doesn’t know how to find. Tasked posthumously by his brother Bob, a once-famous music producer, Tim must track down a reclusive musician who some say authored the greatest album ever recorded.

His name is Billy Emhoff, and he hasn’t been seen or heard from since 1992. He played one mysterious show in Portland, Oregon, leaving hundreds of people in awe of his talent. The experience was described by many as paranormal, and even so many years later, numerous showgoers are still shell-shocked by what they witnessed.

The only record of Emhoff’s music is a set of 7-inch reel-to-reel master tapes that Bob recorded weeks before the show. They were left to Tim by Bob when he died, and Tim must return them to Emhoff at all costs.

That effort draws Tim back into a world he intentionally walked away from ten years prior. Once a prominent music journalist, his career ended after a very public breakdown caused by his history of drug addiction. After entering recovery, he’s built a new life with his wife Jules, and son Ethan. He’s fiercely protective of them and is hesitant to open the past for fear his old self could reappear and cause him to relapse.

But the opportunity to investigate the legend of Billy Emhoff is too hard to ignore. Especially when mysterious entities are vying to obtain the Emhoff record to try and capitalize on its potential. Those forces will stop at nothing to get their hands on it, and after several break-ins and threats to his family, Tim has to race to find Emhoff before it all spins out of control.