Jim Rutherford has never accepted his brother's death, including the way he died many years ago, when they were both in elementary school. A strange ability will cast hope on finding the truth again. It transforms itself into a force of nature and endangers his life and the life of others while he delves into people's memories. He reaches for help, and in the process discovers he can tame the sands of the hourglass to finally uncover who killed his brother. The astounding results bring him right back to his girlfriend, Samantha Gallo, and to the possible trickery of his own perceptions at play.