What chance is there when gods walk among men? Paul Jasper is dead, or at least he should be. The ILC incident left nothing more than a smoldering crater. Yet when the authorities discover his body, not only is he still breathing but twenty years younger and possessing strange links to the universal forces. To make matters worse, rumors suggest Paul isn't the only survivor. A mysterious woman is also pulled from the wreckage. Beautiful and afraid, she is not at all what she seems. And more frightening than the power she wields is the connection she shares with Paul's distant past. Soon, Alexandre Lucas, a self-proclaimed Messiah exploits Paul's discoveries only to unleash omnipotent and sadistic beings to ensnare the globe. Paul must fight for survival against reality bending enemies as he races to unlock a mystery tracing back to the origins of mankind. In the end, Paul must choose between the woman he loves and the fate of humanity.