Robert and Taylor Usher expect to be happy in their new house in Northridge, California where years ago, murder and mutilations destroyed the former residents. It doesn't matter to the Ushers, until those who caused the deaths come back, those that live in the earth, those that need, those that are not human. The Ushers new house stands between them and what they must have.
If you were a brilliant geneticist, working on a secret government genetic engineering project, and your fiancee dumped you because your sperm were not viable, what would you do to resolve your mid-life crisis? Dr. Gino Conti creates his own son by combining reptilian and human DNA, but discovers fatherhood an extraordinary challenge when his son's anger management issues include eating people.
Harry Feversham es admirado por sus compañeros y está considerado como uno de los mejores soldados de su regimiento. Apasionadamente leal a su bella prometida, Ethne, a Harry se le presenta un prometedor futuro en el ejército y una vida feliz junto a la mujer a la que ama. Pero, cuando un ejército de derviches ataca la fortaleza británica de Jartum (Sudán), su regimiento es llamado a filas y enviado a África. Harry; que se siente lleno de dudas, renuncia a embarcar con su regimiento. Conmocionado por la decisión de su hijo, el padre de Harry lo repudia. Por su parte, los tres mejores amigos de Harry y Ethne le envían una pluma blanca, símbolo de cobardía.
The gates of Heaven & Hell have been broken and the afterlife is in ruins. One group of new arrivals must find a way to put things right to prevent an eternal battle between good & evil.
