1934. The Dustbowl. The last great age of magic. In a time of titanic sandstorms, vile plagues, drought and pistilence - signs of God's fury and harbingers of the Apocalypse - the final conflict between good and evil is about to begin. The battle will take place in the Heartland of an empire called America. And when it is over, man will forever trade away wonder for reason. See the conflict of good vs. evil played out against a pair of vivid and unusual backdrops: a traveling carnival working the American Dustbowl circuit, and an evangelical ministry in California.

When a young fugitive named Ben Hawkins is taken on by the carnival's diminutive yet strong-willed manager, his undeniable yet unexplainable spiritual powers jolt members of the troupe, including a tarot-card reader a bearded lady, a blind mystic and a head rigger. Across the country, in a small California town, preacher Brother Justin, who lives with his sister Iris, is being visited by visions that demonstrate his own burgeoning powers. As Ben tries to understand his special gifts, and as Brother Justin maps out an ambitious future, the two men are set on a cataclysmic collision course that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.