After her mom's sudden death twelve-year old Shannon McLean has to move from the US to the England's countryside to live with her mysterious father, Connor, whom she hasn't seen since she was a baby. Weird things start to happen and the whole place scares the crap out of Shannon. Her dad can control her just by looking at her. The walls are full of secret passages and apparently Shannon has the talent to awaken the ghosts in there. Everyday is worse than the day before and she wants badly to run away but finds out it's impossible. If she wants to stay alive she has to do exactly as her dad says or else she not only jeopardizes her own life but also the lives of the people around her. While Shannon stumbles to find the magic inside her, Connor is slowly turning into a demon. One carelessly spoken word from Shannon can either save them both or destroy them. In the end Shannon has to decide whether to save herself and her loved ones, or to lose her dad to the darkness and evil that threaten to eat his soul.