Teenage prodigy Amanda Polias watched her adopted mother die in horror…twice. Mixing up a drug cocktail to fall into a near-death state, Amanda sent her own spirit to the afterlife to discover what her mother had seen. There, Amanda beheld a strange vortex, blocking the passage of souls to their final resting places. She resolved to find the creator of the vortex, but her journey drew the notice of malevolent demonic assassins. Amanda’s guardian golem Mac tried to revive her, but failed. Amanda survived only with the help of unemployed drifter Dee Tyson and his miniature friend Sipho, but these two mysterious supernaturals have secrets of their own. The four of them quickly fled the scene of the demonic attack. Who sent the assassins? Questions abound. But now seems like a good time to get to know one another before things get worse…