En kvinna begraver en tidskapsel år 1962. Den innehåller datum för mord på historiska figurer, datum för en hotellbrand som dödade en professors fru och en kommande apokalyps. Professorn hittar innehållet och visar upp det för dottern, vilket leder till att hon börjar minnas underliga händelser från sin barndom.
An intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale.
After barely escaping a tragic fire, once promising college athlete Mike Brink is transformed by a traumatic brain injury that gives him the unique ability to see the world in an unexpected way and helps him solve crimes with local police. Mike makes his living by betting on sports and is uniquely equipped to do this because he developed Acquired Savant Syndrome as a result of a traumatic brain injury. This rare phenomenon gives him exceptional skills in puzzle-solving, higher math functions and pattern recognition.
