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V malenkom gorodke vblizi Appalachey do sih por zhivy mestnye traditsii. Lyudi krasyat steny v domah v siniy tsvet dlya otpugivaniya zlyh duhov i govoryat, chto chernye paporotniki vyrastayut tam, kuda vskore pridet smert. Agnes Uaylder — nabozhnaya i vlastnaya staruha — pravit svoey vnuchkoy Uezerli zheleznoy rukoy, potomu chto ta obladaet redkim darom: devochka umeet zagovarivat smert. Uezerli hochet uehat iz gorodka i izbavitsya ot kontrolya babushki, no stanovitsya zalozhnitsey svoego dara, ved kto-to mozhet umeret, poka ee ne budet ryadom. U luchshey podrugi i kuziny Uezerli, Adeyr, tozhe est dar: ona vidit buduschee. Pryamo pered tem kak popast v avariyu, Adeyr uvidela chto-to pugayuschee. Uezerli znaet ob etom, i ona uverena, chto videnie kak-to svyazano s merom goroda, kotoryy, uznav o nem, reshaet izbavitsya ot providitsy. No kogda syn mera umiraet, a Uezerli vpervye ne mozhet zagovorit ego ot smerti, ves gorod podozrevaet, chto ona namerenno ne stala ego spasat. Uezerli, zaruchivshis pomoschyu provodnika dush, namerevaetsya dokazat svoyu nevinovnost i nayti ubiytsu kuziny, chego by ey eto ni stoilo.