Buried half a mile beneath the desert sands of the US–Mexico border, there exists a secret city that holds the promise of everything that draws immigrants and refugees to America—liberty, luxury, and excess... In this terminal autonomous zone, two prophets will arise—one, a reckless seeker who believes the psychedelic mushrooms he discovered will spur a revolution in human consciousness; the other, a fire–and–brimstone preacher endowed by strange angels with a power that heals the sick and raises the dead—and as rival factions emerge around them, a march toward war begins...