A Matter for Life and Death

Genre: Character-driven Mythical Fantasy

The pharaoh believes there can be only one god. The gods do not agree. They call upon Karen, the earthly embodiment of death, and her cosmic counterbalance, Zida, to convince him that perhaps he should reconsider his monotheism.

The gods' existence depends entirely on belief, which wanes daily as the populace turn to the usurper, Aten. The gods politely request our universal constants to intervene in exchange for giving Zida, born a human, access to the afterlife to be reunited with her beloved family.

But the offer is short-lived. Zida's cat—a beautiful specimen of a desert cat with a secret of her own—accidentally kills a god attempting an escape to earthly realm in animal form.

Their purpose is clear—save the gods or be split forever.

If these anthropomorphic cosmic balances fail in their quest, they face an eternity apart—the ultimate punishment for Life and Death, for whom even an hour’s separation is torment.