The fragile balance in the Hereafter in the world of the dead, is in danger. The bastard souls have rebelled and the Sublime is losing what little patience he often boasts of.

Ms. Death and Scythe find themselves in a difficult situation, they need to restore order and sanity to such an extravagant and irrational place. They need a Good Bastard. In the past there was a protector of the Beyond, but today, a policeman in the world of the living who answers to the name of Gary Bowman.

Welcome to both worlds, Gary. The longing of the darkness to inhabit the light, the struggle of a family to stay together, the inexorable and unwanted reunions. While Gary travels through places of dark fantasy and certain delirium he finds that God does not play dice with the universe. It's true,he likes cards more.