In this magical realism novel, four strangers are recruited by a mysterious monk in a cave in the Himalayas to find the last four Buddhas and keep them safe. Nathan must find a thirteen-year-old boy in Chicago. Sarah - a baby girl in Guam. Akio - a young woman in Okinawa. And Leo must locate at newborn baby boy in New York City. If they fail? The end of the human race. Their adversary is mankind itself. And time is running out.