The Oversight

A weary medical student on a weekend drive with his girlfriend spots something impossible drifting down the Missouri River: a massive, three‑tiered Roman galley, oars dipping in rhythm, shields glinting in the sun. The sight is unsettling enough that they wonder whether it’s a hallucination or some elaborate stunt, but the creaking oars and the guttural chant that reaches their ears suggest something far stranger.

Before they can process the vision, a horde of armed locals—farmers, Indians, even town clerks—converges on their car, demanding that they race to the nearby reservation town of Rosalie and report what they have seen. As they drive, a colossal, newly‑appeared wall blocks the road, its sheer scale dwarfing the familiar prairie landscape and igniting a sudden, furious uprising among the people around them.

Caught between an impossible ancient vessel and a mysterious wall that has upended the region, John must decide how far he’ll go to uncover the truth behind the bizarre tableau unfolding before him.