For decades, mysterious messages in the form of colorful "tiles" have appeared, pasted on the streets of major cities up and down the western hemisphere. Containing the same bizarre, unsettling message, which seems to concern resurrecting the worlds dead, most people walk over them without a thought until now. Justin Duerr, long obsessed with the tiles, has begun a quest to unearth both their origins and meaning. But as he digs deeper, and the truth starts to be revealed, hell discover a secret far more complex, surreal and closer to home than he ever imagined.