Mortimer Trout begins life like so many do- as a child. But unlike most other people, Mortimer's life ends in a very curious fashion. While others seem to die of natural causes and stay dead, Mortimer has a peculiar habit of dying fantastical and impossible deaths, only to come back to life a short while later. Join Mortimer as he journeys through a life like no other- a life that is noteworthy for many things, but most of all for the manner in which it doesn't seem to end.