<p>'The questions have haunted humankind for centuries: What happens after we die? What is the nature of heaven and a hell? What is our place in 'eternity'?</p><p>After John Castlemaine&rsquo;s bizarre 'insect-assisted suicide,' he lands in 'RotaryPug,' a surreal Purgatory-like realm filled with countless souls awaiting their final judgment&mdash;a promotion to heaven or descent into hell.</p><p>As Castlemaine awaits a very unexpected Judgment, the afterlife brings him face-to- face with an unforgettable cast of volatile, Kafkaesque personalities: a charming Welsh hangman, an ill-tempered Viking bartender, an Ottoman sultan, a sadistic Puritan minister, a vulgar Russian count, a beautiful Victorian courtesan, a rhyming court jester, and&mdash;most chilling of all&mdash;Satan himself.</p><p>As his post-life world is buffeted by the winds of debauchery, violence, lust, and treachery, Castlemaine is forced to reevaluate life, nihilism, and the moral value or bankruptcy of his life&rsquo;s actions . . . as forces beyond his control wrestle with his uncertain fate.'</p>