Forester Johann just wants to warn his ex-wife Sophia: the village is hostile, to say the least, to her "Body Farm," a forensic research facility in the adjacent forest. In the midsummer heat, the stench of decay from the corpses lying around there permeates the entire area. 
But as soon as he arrives at the site, Johann realizes that the villagers are probably the least of his problems: a fast-growing slime mold has infested the corpses – and seemingly has the power to breathe new life into the dead. For Sophia, it's a chance for a scientific breakthrough; for Johann, it's the last thing he'd hoped for when he mets Sophia again...

Lucy loves Philipp and, after his burnout, moved to the countryside with him and their son, even though this meant professional constraints for her. Elsa, on the other hand, lives for her job as a special investigator with the police, but is kept busy by the responsibility for her demented father. Both build their lives around men whose dark sides they'd rather not see. A story about Lucy and Elsa, about trust and deception, about love and violence.