New Year's Eve, 2010, midnight; amidst the revelry, thousands of blackbirds fall from the sky. Not far away, 100,000 drum fish wash up dead on the banks of the Arkansas River. Hazmat crews comb the region collecting the birds and community members worry and wonder what happened. Mainstream media the world over generate curiosity and hysteria around the mysterious wildlife deaths, as Internet 'experts' declare it a sign of the apocalypse. A talented local artist cannot avoid the rampant media sensationalism, so he decides to find out just what the hell is going on. Is it the end times, a military experiment, natural gas fracking, or fireworks? Join him on a dark, mysterious quest to learn what really happened; and beware of falling blackbirds.