1934. In a time of titanic sandstorms, vile plagues, drought and pestilence – signs of God's fury and harbingers of the Apocalypse – the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin.

A mysterious young fugitive named Ben Hawkins joins a traveling carnival headed west, haunted by disturbing dreams. In California, a shadowy evangelical preacher, Brother Justin Crowe, experiences similar visions.

With evil on the rise around the globe and the Great Depression wreaking economic and social havoc here at home, the two strangers will find themselves on the same mission – locating the elusive Henry Scudder, a man with his own dark talents. The fate of the world will depend on which one finds him first.