After the death of her mother, a young girl arrives at a mysterious boarding school. While the curriculum seems to be focused on science and technology, "Annie" Carver discovers that the grounds are home to plenty of things that science can't explain.
Overwhelmed with grief over the death of his mother, shamed by his failures in marriage and fatherhood, and burdened by massive debt, Devin's life is spiraling out of control. That is, until he discovers the impossible: nostalgia is his superpower.
Set in an alternate future amid a Second Civil War, wounded infantryman Nick Carson flees the battlefield and escapes across the wasteland of war-torn America. Branded a coward and marked for death, Nick's only hope is to get to the other side.