Andy Gage was born in 1965 and murdered not long after by his
stepfather. . . . It was no ordinary murder. Though the torture and
abuse that killed him were real, Andy Gage's death wasn't. Only his soul
actually died, and when it died, it broke in pieces. Then the pieces
became souls in their own right, coinheritors of Andy Gage's life. . . .
While Andy deals with the outside world, more than a hundred other souls
share an imaginary house inside Andy's head, struggling to maintain an
orderly coexistence: Aaron, the father figure; Adam, the mischievous
teenager; Jake, the frightened little boy; Aunt Sam, the artist;
Seferis, the defender; and Gideon, who wants to get rid of Andy and the
others and run things on his own.
Andy's new coworker, Penny Driver, is also a multiple personality, a
fact that Penny is only partially aware of. When several of Penny's
other souls ask Andy for help, Andy reluctantly agrees, setting in
motion a chain of events that threatens to destroy the stability of the
house. Now Andy and Penny must work together to uncover a terrible
secret that Andy has been keeping . . . from himself.