In the sweltering heat of a Florida summer, a ghostwriter returns to her childhood home with her husband. As she navigates the complexities of family secrets and her own past, she becomes increasingly aware of the strange happenings in her town. Her sister, who lives nearby, becomes engrossed in a virtual reality device provided by a local tech company, ELECTRA, during a recent pandemic. The town is rife with unsettling occurrences, from mysterious cats to her mother's growing cult, and posters of missing citizens plaster the streets. When her sister disappears during a violent storm and reappears days later with tales of another dimension, the ghostwriter is drawn into a mystery that intertwines the tech company, a famous author, and the very fabric of reality. As she delves deeper, she must confront the blurred lines between storytelling and reality in a town where nothing is as it seems.

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