James Blakely is a good man who has done some bad things in his time. So when he's viciously gunned down in his sleep, he's faced with a choice: proceed immediately to an afterlife of eternal damnation or haunt the world of the living in search of redemption-and one last shot at heaven. Now little more than a flickering shade of the man he was, James spends his days seeking solace from the loved ones he left behind-even as he works furiously to unravel the mystery of his murder. Solving the crime and saving his soul will force James to confront the darkest secrets in his own past. And with his memories fading and his ghost body disintegrating, time is running out for him to save himself and leave this earthly plane. The fires of hell are rising, but will they purify James Blakely's tormented soul-or consume it?