Everyone questions the afterlife at some point in their lives. Some say it's natural to do so, but not for Ben Reynolds. He enjoyed his life until it was taken from him in a conspiracy no one could explain. Awaking in the afterlife, Ben finds he has gained superhuman abilities, gifts of gods long dead, and must use these gifts to traverse the strange world known as "Universe Eight." There are governments, war, famine, and deprivation; across this strange land that some claim to be heaven. Universe Eight is far from that designation, and Ben finds this out quickly as he is hunted by two rival nations chomping at the bit for his power. The gods are dead, and humans run the show. Ben must journey far and wide and reunite with his family and friends he lost to learn just what his purpose truly is in the odd realm of the Nine Afterlifian Universes.