Christian Schneider is a world-famous physicist. His ideas about "God and the world" naturally correspond with current mainstream thinking. He is married, has three adult children and lives in a traditional, upper-middle class, intact world. But appearances are deceptive; not everything is as it appears, and a few things seem to be completely different from how he expects them to be. Quite unexpectedly, Christian finds himself confronted with major problems. Following a severe stroke of fate, which severely endangers his very existence, he sets out on an extraordinary and fascinating journey...