When Apollo Kagwa's father disappeared, he left him a box of books and strange recurring dreams. Now happily married to his wife Emma and settled into his life as a father, exhaustion and anxiety begin to take their toll.

Apollo's old dreams have returned and Emma begins acting odd before mysteriously disappearing. He now finds himself on a death-defying odyssey through a New York City he didn't know existed.

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Victor LaValle.