Noah Batson is living an ordinary, unfulfilling life when, after a bizarre car accident, he begins having terrifying blackouts. His dreams are haunted by countless, unfamiliar faces, and thousands of voices echo inside his head. He wakes up to find that he may have performed incredible, and sometimes terrible, feats using diverse skills and talents he never before possessed. His only clue is a mysterious key his grandmother entrusted to him after the accident. Noah is certain that his salvation lies with the key, and whatever it unlocks. Noah's desperate journey will not only take him across the nation, but it will span past generations to uncover the lives of people now lost to history. Could Noah's curse save a world facing unprecedented calamity?