Henry Jacobs seems to be the only person immune to the 'great pause' that has frozen New York City in time. With the ability to unfreeze anyone he touches, he's begun to amass a fairly large group of fellow travelers with whom to witness this strange phenomenon. But when a member of his makeshift entourage proves not what they seem, how can Henry possibly hope to reverse an irreversible act? Without the ability to refreeze someone in time, there's no putting this genie back in its bottle.