When Elias suddenly discovers he can move during mysterious pauses in time, he learns he has stepped into a hidden space known as the quiet between seconds. Guided by a traveler named Jonah, he explores a frozen world where minutes for others can become hours for him, but the pauses begin growing longer and more dangerous. When time itself stops completely, Elias and a few others who can still move may be the only people capable of restarting the broken flow of reality.
