God is simple and complex. Life varies between humor and shock. Mystery abounds when two passionate lovers come together. One a member of the guard, the other a member of the monks. They don't understand how they can do what they can do, who created them, or what they are. Their confusion, everyone's panic, Zach's nonchalant attitude and strange ability to think of everything at all the wrong times, Billy's just being glad to be away from his wives, Ralph's demure viewpoint on all of it, except when it comes time to kick butt, Leonard's annoyance with all of it and Baedelus' sudden life realizations, make this the 'Encompassing' Novel that ties in everything. Tomorrow is missing. Joy is determined to find her mother. Adam won't give his daughter answers. Smoke has her own plans, as usual. Gaia is doing her own thing. Fire and Ice want to help. Joy's son Jonathan exists, odd. We learn the secret between Bob and The General. Brian's cousin, Persistence, is accused of having a hand in matters. Vladimir laments his life. Jasper sort of reveals who God is. Tommy sees. Destiny hears everything. They have one thing in common. They are all trying to encompass their viewpoints on life, their own realities, and what God is to them. The multiple mysteries twist like a DNA chain. Ironic, given that is where the answer to all of the mysteries lies. It all ends in the trial of a lifetime and an outcome few could expect.