Darryl sees dead people everywhere.

Until now, it was a way to make a living, but competing causes would use Darrell's skills for their own purposes. These organizations are all focused on changing the world, past, present, and future, to meet their needs, and Darryl is key to achieving their goals.

The struggle eventually lands him and his friends in New Orleans and the Robert Charles race riots, where the past they select will decide the future the world gets.

All Darrell has to do is decide how to die.