A happy family meant to be on a joyful trip to their home country, Nepal, encounter horrible hidden truths there. New people are met, novel revelations arise, and fresh questions emerge. The monster wanted revenge, and the ones kept in the dark wondered.... They never thought, even in their wildest dreams, that a thin American man would bring the dark past back in front of their eyes and lead them towards something no one wanted to face, all the while trying to fi nd medicine for the hunger that burned in his heart.