Modern quantitative analyst Irene dies in a violent armed robbery after refusing to participate in corporate financial fraud, only to wake up chained in 1929 Chicago. Put up for sale in a shadowy bidding ring, she recognizes billionaire contrarian Floyd Oldham and whispers precise market metrics that predict the impending historical collapse.
Purchasing her freedom, Floyd signs a contract marriage in exchange for her prophetic economic advice. As Wall Street descends into panicked ruin, the pair amass an unprecedented empire, until an unexpected limousine arrives carrying a face Irene remembers from her twenty-first-century past.
