Luke Coles doesn't remember his past, where he's from or who he is. After the Battle of Gettysberg, he searches for a home in the old west. Eventually, he finds work as a miner in Mexico and makes a life for himself.
Then he discovers a new world, a supernatural one. His awareness of the monsters around him causes him to run. On Chiloe Island, he hopes things will return to normal.
There, a merchant's daughter catches his eye. Just whne he thinks things have returned to normal, the paranormal world sucks him back in. It is then that he finally begins to realize his destiny in a world full of mythological creatures and magic.