1934, America. The Dustbowl. A fugitive named Ben Hawkins finds refuge within a traveling carnival prised of a tarot card reader and her catatonic/telekiic mother, a blind mentalist, a bearded lady, and njoined twins, amongst others. The carnival is owned by the mysterious and unseen Management, who has designs on the young Hawkins, for the boy is ncealing an untapped gift: he can heal the lame and raise the dead--at a price. Ben also finds himself disturbed by cryptic and phetic dreams, which he shares with a Methodist preacher in California, Brother Justin Crowe. Brother Justin, nvinced by his dreams he is following God's will, has begun to practice his own extraordinary talents, although the preacher's plans increasingly lead to disturbing and tragic nsequences. In this "last great age of magic," Ben Hawkins and Justin Crowe are moving toward a great nflict between Good and Evil, although it not yet clear on which sides these men will stand.