Lindsey Lewis and her boyfriend Ben House are left on Earth after the rapture. The souls of the worthy have been taken to Heaven while everyone else has been left behind. The people left on Earth must fend for themselves in a world now plagued by evil locusts that constantly yell "suffer!", talking crows that use profanity, Fire and brimstone, Ghosts in European culture#Terminology, and storms that rain blood. A politician named Earl Gundy takes control of the government and begins calling himself The beast (Revelation).