Sunrise by Téa Obreht

One Ghost Town, Three Eras

Sunrise binds three lives to the same abandoned-looking Old West town across more than a century. Téa Obreht uses that shared place to turn separate disappearances and buried histories into one large mystery.

A Plane Crash Leads Nina Off the Map

In 2024, Nina searches the Wyoming mountains after her boyfriend crashes her small-engine plane and goes missing. Her hunt brings her to Sunrise, a town that appears deserted but clearly has more waiting inside it than empty buildings.

The Past Keeps Restaging Itself

In 2003, Coll is finishing the town’s annual historical reenactment when an author’s questions unsettle everything he believes. In 1902, legendary gunslinger Anton Vargas returns to help find a missing boy, carrying his own knowledge about the disappearance and a suspicious reason for coming back.

Strangers Connected by Secrets

Nina, Coll, and Anton never need to meet for their stories to collide. Sunrise itself is the link, holding the secrets that make three moments in history feel like parts of the same haunting event.