SYNOPSIS
A daring motorbike-riding gang of female
thieves, led by an outlaw named FORTUNE,
ambushes an armored truck carrying a strongbox
with a unique cargo – a cache of human souls acquired
by the Devil. Fortune’s task is to return the
souls of people who had been duped by the Devil
into a crooked deal. Five towns lie on their route:
Redemption, Money, Hell’s Kitchen, Golgotha, and
Vanitas. Each town is like one of the rings of Hell, its
character determined by one of the seven deadly
sins that has given the town its reputation. In each
town, there are innocents who don’t deserve the
fires of the inferno. Now it’s up to Fortune and her
crew to find them and restore their lost souls before
the Devil’s posse harvests them for the hellbound
train that is set to depart in the darkest hour of the
eclipse on Judgement Day.
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KANE is a unique combination of a Western outlaw
and an Eastern samurai. A thief, a bounty hunter,
and the fastest gun in the Territories, he has a talent
for death and a gift for being the last man standing.
The one thing that matters most to him in this world
is his son, BEN, who wants to emulate his father in
every way. Though his instinct tells him otherwise,
Kane lets Ben talk him into perpetrating a train robbery
with a couple of suspicious strangers,
ABRAXAS and PHELLAN.
Kane and Ben fleece a saloon
car full of rich poker players
only to be shot in the back during
the getaway by Abraxas and
Phellan. Kane survives the
shooting, then makes a daring
escape from the gallows by appealing
to the executioner’s greed.
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The Devil, who goes
by VAN ZANT in
our story, visits Kane
as he digs his son’s
grave and makes
him an offer he can’t
refuse. Van Zant will
help Kane get his
vengeance against
Abraxas and Phellan
provided Kane does
a job for Van Zant at
some point in the
future.
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Kane pursues Abraxas and Phellan to Redemption
where they’d gone boozing and whoring. In the
course of getting his vengeance, he manages to save
a life of one of the girls from the brothel. He gets
unexpected help from Fortune in closing the book
on Abraxas and Phellan, only to discover that Van
Zant wants her brought to justice for stealing the
strongbox of souls. Kane sets off in pursuit of Fortune
over the treacherous landscape, rife with
snakes, zombies, lepers and vampires, little realizing
that he is hunting a woman who holds a key to his
salvation. Keeping the heat on Kane is an evergrowing
posse, lead by a relentless MARSHAL and
comprised of vicious ghouls risen from the dead.
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Staying a step ahead of Kane and the posse, Fortune’s
gang saves lives in the towns of vanity, greed,
and anger. But these victories are paid for dearly as
she loses members of her gang along the way as
well as the good people who help her in her cause.
Kane comes across a mysterious character named
APOSTLE as he tries to cross the River Styx into the far reaches of Purgatory. Apostle is a former monk
who, in this land without faith, has become a transporter
– a man who knows the few escape routes
from hell and can help an innocent soul escape the
vicious cycle that is life in this infernal world.
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The violence and destruction Kane encounters in the
external world mirrors the turmoil in his own heart
as Apostle makes him confront painful memories
and recover his lost humanity. He takes Kane into a
subterranean labyrynth beneath a ruined monastery
where, with the help of medicine made from a sacred
herb, Kane relives the memories of his wife who
died in childbirth and his father, a samurai turned
laborer who sold his soul so that his son would have
a better life.
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Kane now realizes that the Devil has been playing
him all along and declares war against Van Zant to
help Fortune complete her mission. He rescues her
from the posse and helps her save a child’s life in the
town of anger, only to fall into a trap set by the undead
manifestations of Phellan and Abraxas.
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Van Zant wants Kane for his own because there is no
greater warrior than Kane. He offers Kane to be his
lawman…provided Kane kills Fortune. Van Zant
works hard to convince Kane that he had been born
to carry out hell’s work. Apostle intervenes to save
Fortune and Kane. Taking refuge in a nearby ghost
town, Apostle helps Kane regain his lost soul.
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Fortune, Apostle and Kane stage a daring train robbery
just as the Devil’s train is about to vanish into
hell and free a trainload of children. Van Zant kills
his old enemy the Apostle while Fortune and Kane
manage to getaway.
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The Devil summons his legions for a final showdown
with Fortune and Kane in the ghost town.
Things look bleak for the duo until the people they’d
liberated come to their aid and helps to turn the tide
of battle.
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The eclipse is over. For now, at least the Devil has
been defeated as Fortune and Kane set off in search
of a happier place. Kane recovers his father’s heritage
and sets his father’s soul free at last, putting an
end to his age-long suffering at the hands of the
Devil.
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