Writer Douglas Finch has achieved a new level of success as an author of bestselling books. His agent wants him to talk to Hollywood. A young woman named Abby Simpson moves in across the street and Douglas begins to rethink his solitary writer's life. Upon returning from a meeting in Los Angeles, his plane nearly crashes. Soon it becomes clear that other electronic disturbances and power outages are wreaking havoc in the city. He is on a desperate journey to find Abby.