The crime no one dreamed of is about to happen.

Thousands of human lives depend on the Ministry’s constant vigilance.

Tasked with finding patterns in seemingly unrelated images, the Anticipators monitor dreams with a single goal: to prevent crimes that haven’t happened yet. Among this group of palm readers, tarot card readers, and experts in riddles and crossword puzzles is Levit, a schoolteacher who proves to have a special talent for the task. But a crime that no employee anticipated—and which mysteriously left no clues in anyone’s dreams—will shake the government surveillance apparatus that controls the minds—and disturbs the peace—of thousands of human beings.