Imperial America has fallen. Emperor Castaigne, who ruled the nation with secret police and even more secret sorcery, has fled. The portals that connected him to his rumored source of power, the alien realm of Carcosa, have been destroyed. Now he seeks a return to civilian life. Specifically, he wants to eliminate his job. He repairs the suicide machines known as the Government Lethal Chambers. The ensuing investigation takes him on a journey through the secrets of the old regime, with fugitive war criminals, haunted hide-outs, urban firefights and dread parageometrical rituals along the way.
