Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the homicide of famend astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black gap skilled discovered shot to dying in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit gap of the disturbing, labyrinthine case, she finds herself grappling with more and more existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars. The hunt for a killer attracts a detective into an excellent bigger thriller: the character of the universe itself.