�Theological cancer has crippled our people and polarized them toward war, prejudice, and a hatred for their fellow man. ...I ask for your open-indedness and your cooperation in this effort to excise the festering rot from our great and glorious nation.� ~ Jernigan Talon Meet Teres Norman, Maxyra police officer of Talonia -- America's future form where religion is confined to quarters -- where science, technology, and politics are saving the day one ruin at a time. Little do her squad mates know, Teres has a secret -- a miraculous secret -- that threatens to put her on the run from the very government she loyally serves. As Teres' hunt for a ghostly man takes her across the globe, she soon discovers that religious zealots and Talonian Law are the least of her worries.