Chicago, 1893. For Alter Rosen, this is the land of opportunity, and he dreams of the day he ll have enough money to bring his mother and sisters to America, freeing them from the oppression they face in his native Romania. But when Alter s best friend, Yakov, becomes the latest victim in a long line of murdered Jewish boys, his dream begins to slip away. While the rest of the city is busy celebrating the World s Fair, Alter is now living a nightmare: possessed by Yakov s dybbuk, he is plunged into a world of corruption and deceit, and thrown
