It was an old man’s last request. An international cadre of seers is dying out. Their informal leader Farid, close to death, has advice for one of them, Adele LaRoche, the modern-day Sibyl of Cumae living in Paris. She should seek the help of Brownie, a retired antique dealer in Los Angeles and current Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Adele only manages to write Brownie a letter requesting help, just before vanishing without a trace. The seers’ fate will lead them from a Mediterranean island to a unique trailer in Los Angeles, then finally to a convocation in an abandoned hill town in Italy, where the Mythologiques learn the answer to a question even they did not dare to ask. As this tale of modern-day seers, sibyls and patron saints tightens its grip, it unearths deep and haunting philosophical questions before its wrenching conclusion. With its unorthodox tone—now whimsical, now dark and mystical—this speculative thriller draws the Mythologiques into a battle between final disappearance and duty.