Locked in an eternal war, Aether (Heaven) and Orcus(Hell) are fighting over the ever increasing type of souls known as "The Stranded"- Souls that have committed almost equal amounts of good and evil while alive. In a war that sees Earth as the unaware battleground for two worlds; the story Revolves around the Hayder- One of Hell's youngest and most successful soldiers and "collector" of Souls, as he rises through the Ranks to become the greatest of his kind- all the while trying to forget the past that stalks him ceaselessly.