The world is teetering on the brink of destruction. Dr. Richard Alumnent's only goal in life is to cure the cancer eating away at the Earth's population at an alarmingly fast rate—before he succumbs himself. Ruby Bell is a walking weapon and after saving a woman from a brutal beating her attackers are dead. Now locked in prison for that intervention her only way out is to offer up her soul to Richard. Is freedom worth that price? With the help of a creature he can't possibly imagine Richard does the impossible. He cures cancer and in doing so creates...The First Reaper.