Isaac Lachman, 40 ans, regarde sa vie se détériorer : sa petite amie vient de le quitter après dix ans de vie commune, sa famille est désespérément intrusive et sa carrière plafonne. Où sont passés ses rêves de jeunesse ?
A young man, Kobby Ankrah, attends his new nephew's Ghanaian baby naming ceremony with a plan to steal the money collected on his behalf from family and friends in order to run away and keep a deep secret hidden from them.
In a world where each dying human must sit on a trial to determine which digital afterlife they will reside in, aging politician Simon Peterson must make a case for his consciousness to be uploaded to the artificial heaven instead of hell.