In the near future, an app called Hereafter lets people interact with representations of their deceased loved ones. But representations can be misleading--or even intelligent. Hereafter is quick to catch on in urbanized spaces, but after it goes viral, it slowly seeps into the small towns dotting the Midwest. When the corn-and-beans city of Mitchell, Indiana receives its first Hereafter server and becomes a local hub community, a young man's potentially murderous connection to the app is uncovered, superstition becomes deadly, and one possibly undead girl with a genius mind for engineering has