Deadwood

Deadwood is a town in South Dakota where Rose grows up. It is in the woods near Deadwood on her eleventh birthday that Rose discovers the hand in the ground, which propels her down a lifetime path of research and wonder about the hand. Rose, in adulthood, leaves Deadwood, and does not even return for the funeral of her father. Although she feels roots in Deadwood, she does not wish to be around the place anymore, and so she works to secure her life in Chicago at the forefront of one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific institutes.

The hole

The hole contains the hand in the woods near Deadwood. Composed of the same metal materials as the hand, the hole is square in shape and lined with symbols that are later deciphered to be numbers. Rose considers the hole and the symbols to be secondary to...