Before the bucket was kicked out from under him and the noose began crushing his neck, Beowulf Worthington never imagined a wrongful conviction for murder would damn him forever. But death released his incorporeal spirit on a turbulent journey through space and parallel universes, dumping him at Charon's feet on the beaches of the River Styx. Cast into a band of doomed souls and harassed by demon torturers, Beowulf fights back, leading unarmed, naked humans in a futile resurrection against the forces of Lucifer. The Lord of Flies is both amused and impressed by his efforts, and rewards him with a thirty-year exile in flames. A hundred years later, a clerk named Graham is speeding home for the weekend and a brick wall pops into existence in the middle of the Michigan expressway. He swerves and slams into Beowulf, who has returned as Lucifer's handpicked demon lord. The demons are invading and they've set their sights on an unresisting heaven.