Heaven and Hell need a re-set. Overcrowding has reached critical mass in both traditional afterlife options. A more selective approach, along with a new ‘holding zone’ option, are urgently required to cope with the ever-growing influx of non-believers.
As undecided souls will no longer be hosted in Heaven or Hell, God and Satan are collaborating on a new project to accommodate the non-believers. ‘Hellansville Holdings’ is a shiny, new development designed to meet the needs of an increasingly secular society who have shuffled off this mortal coil but have nowhere to go.
Before the project goes live, the top representatives from both sides meet to discuss the issues at hand: Michael, the effortlessly cool Archangel, and Malphas, a powerful demon in a crumpled suit. Together, they thrash out the details of Hellansville under the watchful, omnipotent eye of the mysterious Maureen.
Enter Robert, the recently deceased, faithless guinea pig. All Michael and Malphas have to do is sell Robert the Hellansville dream. All Robert has to do is sign up for the deal of an after-life time. But he has to believe; a tough ask for a cynical, stubborn atheist.