It follows the interweaving narratives of three driven men all connected by a mysterious book. The setting shifts from 16th century Venice, Italy - where famed glassmakers perfected one of the world's most wondrous inventions, the mirror (an object of fearful fascination) - to the seedy Venice Beach waterfront of the 1950s, to the glitzy trappings of the Venetian casino in 2003 Las Vegas.