How does an ordinary man prevent his own murder with a simple one-page document?

You accidentally run over the daughter of a powerful underworld boss. His threats give you cause to believe that your time is close at hand. What would you do? Ben Pearce finds himself in this situation.

How does an average man protect himself from a force such as Victor Dracken? After days of agonizing and planning his own funeral, Ben stumbles upon a simple plan - a one-page document that will hopefully put fear into the heart of Dracken. But, as with most simple plans, his becomes complicated, unleashing a chain of events that one would wish only to find in a nightmare.

Death Is But The Beginning 

Although "Death is But the Beginning" is a work of fiction, it is meant to bring to light the suffering and the hidden torture of abused and battered husbands. The fear or the embarrassment of admitting the physical abuse by the opposite sex compels these men to live their entire lives under the control of a domineering spouse.

Danny Dillon is an abused husband who is driven to the brink of madness when he believes his enslaving wife has orchestrated his father's kidnapping. When a futile attempt to forcefully extract information from her goes wrong, he enlists the help of Barry Leonard, a man who communicates with the dead. Together, Danny, Barry, and Schmedly, a dog with a sixth sense, embark on a journey into the Deep South, searching for his missing father. But digging too deep into the afterlife can be dangerous – it could get you killed.