In London, Zara Rahman, a young British Bangladeshi, is reading her grandfather's last Will and Testament. Zara's inheritance is a half share in an antiques shop in Old Dhaka and an ancient pendant.

In a village in rural Bangladesh dark forces are at work. It seems as if a supernatural malevolent spirit is in the forest and the villagers are terrified. The leader of the village decides enough is enough and heads into the forest leaving a message with his young son, Boroon, "if anything happens to me find Khalil Zaman". Meanwhile Zara and Abir are busy arguing over the running of the antiques shop.