Yemeni-born poet living in San Francisco, is hearing voices. A sassy, elegantly dressed Satan, visible and audible only to Jacob, is taunting him to remember his painful past. Jacob wants more than anything to forget, and he is aided by dour-faced, black-clad Death, who doesn’t see the point in Jacob’s remembering. A struggle ensues for Jacob’s memories, borne witness to by the colorful characters of 14 saints