In the near future, New York City is blanketed in darkness. Daylight approaches for the first time in over a decade as a serial killer cuts a bloody swath across the city. As people begin to lose their minds from fear of light--of death--Detective Jon Phillips races against time to save the city before dayfall.

Published here for the first time, the scripts to "The Book of Daniel, Ragtime" and "Loon Lake" reveal a new aspect of Doctorow's remarkable talents and offer film students insight into the complex relationship between literature and motion pictures.