"Ntawv nyeem" qhia txog keeb kwm ntawm lub 27-xyoo ilya goriunov (Alexander Petrov), uas tabtom tuaj txog kev ywj pheej xya xyoo kev raug kaw. Nws tsis ua raws cai uas tsis ua yeeb yam, nws pom cov kev txhaum cai ntawm nws txoj haujlwm hnyav ntawm Peter (Ivan Yankovsky) thiab tau koom nrog kev sib ntaus. Raws li qhov tshwm sim ntawm cov scuffle rau ilya, nws lub xov tooj poob, nrog kev pab ntawm uas nws tau sim rau lwm tus neeg. Ntxiv rau cov teeb meem nrhiav tom qab lub tsev loj cuj, keeb kwm ntawm kev ua pauj rau tus ntxhais Peter Petil (Christina Asmus).
Tus sau ntawm Roman Dmitry Glukhovsky tau hais txog qhov tseeb tias thawj lub tsheb ntawm daim duab tuaj tawm hauv kev mus sib hais tawm hauv cov neeg sau xov xwm Ivolunov, raug liam tias faib tshuaj. "Kuv xav sau cov lus tshiab hais txog dab tsi tshwm sim. Hais txog dab tsi tuaj yeem tshwm sim rau txhua tus. Muaj kawg, raws li zaj dab neeg ntawm cov neeg sau xov xwm Ivan Golunov tau zoo ib yam li keeb kwm ntawm tus hero ntawm kuv phau ntawv "Ntawv" iliunov. Qhov tseeb, muaj tsuas yog ib qho mystical thiab inexplicable coincidence - sib thooj ntawm cov npe, thiab cov so yog cov txheeb cais, "tus kws sau ntawv hais.