The paths of a cult leader, a precognitive man with a secret, and a detective with a troubled past intersect in this dark and absorbing mystery from the creator of Luther Andrew Taylor was a typical, pleasant lower-middle-class Bristol boy, content with his dependable life and loving family . . . until the dreams started coming. Violent, visceral, powerful visions appear at night whispering about darkness, death, murdered women, nationwide grief. Even worse, the dreams appear to be coming true, and soon Taylor finds himself living in a nightmare. William Holloway is the investigator called on to examine Taylor's unexpected disappearance. It looks like an open-and-shut case of suicide: Family man has mental breakdown, walks into sea to end pain. But strange clues nag at Holloway, especially after an old adversary rises from the grave to torment the detective. How, if at all, is this spirit connected to the Taylor's disappearance? Rex Dryden is a fake name, but no matter; the important thing is Rex's position at the head of a cult called the Temple of Light, his dire predictions, and the several hundred followers who may or may not have been saved from their own suicides by a miracle. What is Rex? The new Messiah? A nasty con man? A performance artist? Or could he be something darker? Three separate stories intertwine to form one powerful narrative about sex and intimacy, death and Armageddon, and the cost of keeping secrets.