Halloween: 1938. Jimmy Morton listens to Orson Welles' War of the Worlds. He will try to forget this night for the rest of his life.

Los Angeles: Now. Ethan Harding is out of a job, out of love, and out of luck. His only chance is to discover how to… BREAK THROUGH.

San Francisco: Now. Vivian Antonelli finds an audiobook to distract herself from her daughter's absence. It has the opposite effect.

San Diego: Now. Hank Keller discovers an audiobook that's everything he's dreamed of, and more. Much, much more.

Things are looking up for Jimmy when he gets cast in the hometown production of War of the Worlds and walks home with the most beautiful girl in any world.

Ethan is seduced by the dark, erotic world of his audiobook. And pays the price.

Vivian's audiobook turns brutal. Hank sinks deeper into nightmare.

Ethan thinks he's over his ex-girlfriend. He's wrong. Vivian tries to alert the authorities. And pays the price.