After six years of silence, the former protégé of Fox News founder Roger Ailes emerges with the twisted, maddening tale of life among the media puppet-masters of the American people.

Thirty years ago, 10-year-old Kris Barlow spent a summer by the lake playing with her imaginary friend. Now, thirty years later, Kris returns to the lake house, only to discover that Violet is still there, and she wants to play.