The world has perished. Whether the blame is put to man or something greater, one thing is certain: Nothing is ever what it seems. A band of five gathers-so lovingly nicknamed "The Damned" by the resident jokester; Frost-sifts through the torn world to find food, water, livestock and any other supplies that will sustain their people on "The Isle." Their leader, the quiet Eliot Kaine, begins to have nightmares and deja vu. He begins to think this outbreak is much more than the survivors gossip about. It is soon discovered that God, Gaia, Satan, and man have nothing to do with the destruction on Earth... But the four horseman do. Voodoo's Dembala takes his form as Pestilence to rid the world of civilization. The sickest and most destructive of man on Earth is resurrected as War. Ceres the Roman goddess of the harvest and funerals assumes the position of Famine. All are led by Mictlantecuhtli the Aztec God of the underworld who requires cannibalistic tributes. With Chosen and Forsaken, these new incarnations of the four horsemen presents a no-holds-barred on world and religion. They've set out to trump the powers that have reigned over them for centuries and create a new world-One that exists under their rule. What stands between them and this goal is Kaine's team of survivors, a group that holds on to the one bit of arsenal that could end this battle once and for all: Hope."