Liam Evans, who holds the chair of Classical and Modern Philosophy at the locat university, decides, after the death of his mother, to spend a month at his mountain cottage, six hours east of his hometown. The isolation will help him rest and allow him to finish a thesis he is preparing on the subject of philosophy in the age of artificial intelligence. Sandra Livingston, a college philologist in her hometown, also sets of for a three-day stay at her mountain house, located three hours west of where she lives. Their meeting will inevitably trigger a series of chain reactions that go beyond the imagination. In a climate of mystery, each person does everything possible to bring the desired end to the unpredictable situation that has arisen. But external factors that none of them can control drive the drivers into a frantic chase for the inevitable. The countdown has begun, and new players are constantly getting involved. But everyone seems like pawns on a strange chessboard that no one knows who has set up, and no one knows who represents the king and who the queen.