In a near-future Miami inundated by rising seas, society lives nocturnally to escape the day’s oppressive heat. In this world, a man named Nick Bannister offers a unique service: the ability to relive any memory with visceral detail, using a device that immerses clients in their recollections. Operating with his assistant, who has unrequited feelings for him, Nick helps customers find lost items, relish past joys, or say goodbye to loved ones. His life changes when Mae, a mysterious woman with a troubled past, enters his lab to recover a memory. They develop a passionate and deep connection, but suddenly, Mae disappears without a trace.

Nick becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Mae, revisiting his own recollections of her and scouring the memories of others who’ve interacted with her. His search pulls him into the grim underbelly of his drowning city, unearthing a network of corruption and violence. As he delves deeper, his quest to find Mae becomes a perilous journey that challenges his understanding of reality and confronts him with the dangerous power of the past. His investigation reveals disturbing truths and prompts questions about longing, memory, and the essential nature of truth itself.