Many years ago, the world described in Hunting by Stars was ravaged by plagues and profound natural disasters. These events caused millions of deaths and profound suffering. Amidst the chaos caused by the disasters, people across the world have stopped dreaming. Most are haunted by their traumatic experiences and can’t dream because they can’t imagine a better and brighter future.
Through the pain and trauma, a ray of hope emerged: rumors began to spread that the Indigenous people of North America are still able to dream because their dreams were buried deep inside of their bone marrow. This miracle has aided the lives of the Indigenous people, but it has also made them targets of people from around the world, including the government. The government believe that reintroducing dreams into the lives of people will be key to rebuilding the world. And they will do anything to achieve their goal. Residential schools which had wreaked havoc on Indigenous communities in the past were established across the country so that they could harvest the dreams of the Indigenous people.
In these dark times, a young man named French, who had lost his family because of the residential schools, flees. He fears that he will be captured and killed much like his family. But eventually, French found a new family with a group of other Indigenous people who were also able to dream. All wanted to live in a kind and productive world. Not in a world which threatened their existence because of their immutable ability.
When French wakes up one day, however, he realizes that he has been captured by a residential school. He is in a pitch-black room that he tries, but cannot escape from. He resigns himself to the fact that he is now part of a system which killed his family. Over time, French and his new family fights for their survival and to regain their freedom. To do so, they first must deal with the government, the residential schools and those that work in them, and a blood cult.
Ultimately, French must decide the lengths he will go to survive. Will he betray his new family? What will he do otherwise? In the end, he decides that he will betray his new family so that he can survive and escape the clutches of the residential schools. He escapes the school but damages many people in his wake.
