Before and After is a novel, that relates to how negativity and the need to be on top can corrupt and influence the minds of most people with broken promises of riches and fame, along with everything that comes with it.
The main character (Useth/Usemmie) becomes a lost soul after a tragic death. Useth then decides to enjoy his afterlife a bit too much as he starts to disobey the rules of the other world. Then he is sentenced to be reincarnated into one of the harshest realities one can or can't live through. Along with his soulmate, known as Moosy, they both are forced to live in the stink of their own trouble. Death is now denied to both, and moving on is not possible for either of them, until a very valuable life lesson is learned.