Twenty-year old Emma just landed in Rome, to find the father who walked out of her life more than a decade ago and was too busy eating pizza to call. Traveling with her is a secret she's carried alone since childhood: sometimes, around her, time stops. People and cars freeze, rain hangs still in the air and there's only her left in the silence.

Instead of her dad though, Em runs into a past she'd rather forget in the person of Lily, her step-sis. Kind, beautiful, smart Lily: the perfect daughter Em never was, who graduated top of her class and is now interning for the prestigious Katharos archaeological foundation. Thing is, as the two of them reconnect, Em starts to pick up some creepy vibes from Katharos, and she can't help but wonder what they really want with Lily...

Faust, the blind hobo she just met, might hold the answers to that. Actually, he might even have something to do with that pesky time-freezing thing. But behind his charming smile and lunar antics, the guy comes with some serious fine print... Immortality not being the least of which.