The focus is on using reason and imagination in scoping the human reality of being dead and and of being alive in a fiction. Merlyn, who died in the 7th century, dreams of how it was before the first Rebellion of the Dead and how it is living within Richard Greystone, a twin, in the 21st century. Each chapter is divided into four segments: "The Dead", "The Brothers", "Grandma's Stories" and "Diplomatic Pouch. The Dead is how it is for Merlyn being among the Dead. The Brothers is how it is for Merlyn to be among the Living. Grandma's Stories is about the Dead telling personal memories from life. Diplomatic Pouch is set in present day where three Earthling deal with meeting three marsupial humanoids from ThreePlanets on the other side of the Milky Way Galaxy. These humanoids show their higher humanity in their actions. These humane aliens are 20,000 years ahead of us in technology and are of a more sharing culture. They live better than we do on Earth. Their Dead also exist with our Dead. Merlyn dreams these segments to show perspective on how it is being, living as a human being on Earth and then on how it is being dead so the Living have a better idea of what to expect in a fiction.