Running a small publishing house in a big city, Reither has liquidated his business and settled in an idyllic valley at the foot of the Alps. One evening there is a knock on his door; an unexpected guest has come to take him on a journey. Because love is an urgent emotion that cannot be postponed and longs to seize the moment.

But then life takes a completely different turn. What Happens is a road novel that moves at full speed on what cannot be avoided. It is an increasingly bitter experience about whether we can embrace what we encounter along the way, what we learn along the way, without burdening ourselves with the burdens of the past; a quiet punch in the stomach, a blow of life. Actually: Heartbreak.