Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already.
Dans la société du futur, celle de 1992, le monde est devenu intégralement capitaliste. Ce sont les chefs d'entreprise qui sont omnipotents. Stanton Mick est un magnat cherchant à lever des capitaux pour mettre au point un véhicule interplanétaire. Ray Hollis entretient une société de psis et Glen Runciter emploie des anti-psis.