Jackson is a London man, whose boring life took an interesting turn when he encountered a Beholder, a mythical eyeball-creature. After being seriously wounded by the beast, he came into the employ of The Fourth Glaze, an agency dedicated to keep the Fourth Wall from breaking open and releasing all sorts of ill-willed things unto the Earth. Jackson must fight with them, with help from the psychic, Mentis, and a slingy-wielding warrior, to protect the Earth from doomsday.
Jackson is determined to map human sentience with artificial intelligence to grant eternal life to his aging father and young family. Unanticipated roadblocks, however, stump Jackson's research and lead him down a dark path that will forever alter not only his life, but the course of humanity's future.