danielle q. lee

In the fall of 1909, eighteen-year-old Alice Winters awakens in unfamiliar surroundings, paralyzed by a horrific accident that has claimed both her parents. Alice, mute and unable to move anything but her eyes, finds herself at a pretentious health retreat for the rich. After months of recovery with little improvement, she is informed her inheritance can no longer cover the cost of her care and she will be relocated to a government asylum known for its inhumane conditions.

When an enigmatic doctor intervenes, offering Alice permanent residency inside his private medical sanctuary, she learns the handsome doctor has plans to rehabilitate her by means of an unusual—and potentially dangerous—method.

Soon after her treatment begins, Alice suffers from a recurring nightmare featuring a ghostly girl with a disturbing disfigurement. Though unsettling, Alice attributes the dream, and several frightening hallucinations, to the doctor’s unorthodox remedy—until the girl crawls out of Alice’s imagination and into reality.