At first glance, Reverend Jesse Custer doesn't seem like anything special. Just another pastor gradually losing his flock and his faith. But soon he will personally discover that God does exist. And that he is quite a miserable bastard. In a single, explosive moment, Jesse's life changes forever. And he is determined to find out why. Together with his ex-lover, the gun-toting Tulip, and a drunken Irish vampire named Cassidy, he embarks on an odyssey that will take him from the heart of Texas to the dark soul of New York City—and far beyond—to seek answers from the notably absent deity. "The Beginning of the End" is the first volume of the Preacher saga, one of the most acclaimed comic series of the late 90s, written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Steve Dillon.