What if you were given the power to change the course of history? Alabama, 1955. Avery Aldridge is an ordinary young Black man. A decorated World War II veteran, Avery provides for his wife and daughter. But wounds of the past have a way of coming back, and Avery Aldridge will soon discover he is anything but ordinary... After a run-in awakens strange new abilities, Avery's about to become more powerful than he could have ever dared to dream... in a country and society that never wanted him to have any power.

Does even the kindness of strangers come with a cost? Avery has adjusted to his post WWII life in Alabama but when an altercation with some local boys leaves him hurt, an unlikely bystander steps in. And while Carlisle, a white university doctor, not only offers Avery immediate first aid but free ongoing medical care... nothing is truly free, not even a stranger's kindness.

Can Avery clear his name and find out what's really happening to him? On the run, Avery must elude the cops for the accidental death that he's sure to be blamed for. William, Avery's brother, tries to convince him to explain that it wasn't his fault, but Avery is skeptical the authorities will believe a Black man… and terrified at the possible truth behind the incident.

When his family is held captive, Avery must use every bit of his courage and military training to mount a daring rescue of his wife, Emma, and their baby girl Grace from the facility where all this began. But freeing his loved ones won't be enough. He'll need to make a desperate attempt to ensure that no one else ever goes through what he has, though it may cost everything...