Dead birds are falling out of the sky and Maurice Delahoussaye suspects the air in New Orleans may be unsafe. Maurice becomes increasingly fearful that the government is hiding an ominous secret, and when he begins having premonitions suggesting that his wife is pregnant with Jesus Christ, he becomes convinced that the dead birds are a sign from God. In the City of Falling Stars is a tragicomedy that examines paranoia following the September 11th attacks, as well as a commentary on the devastating psychological scars that the storm left on New Orleans.