In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.

With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.

女主人公Cassie Bishop生来就具有一种天赋，能看到死者并与之沟通，还可以帮助解决他们尚未解决的问题 … 但她却认为这是一种诅咒，不管喜不喜欢。很快，她的老朋友洛杉矶警署LAPD的探员Tom Hackett和他的新搭档Cindy Luna，洛杉矶警署LAPD命案组中一位年轻女探员，请Cassie帮忙解决一宗极其黑暗并且没有任何线索的谋杀案件，尽管Cassie非常不情愿但还是同意使用她的天赋来协助他们。同时，Cassie在协助探员Tom Hackett解决那些城市中最具挑战性的案件同时，或许找到一种方法来仰制她的天赋。