Cameron Colley is the shark of the written word and the jackal of printing machines: an experienced information-warfare operative, a lover of extreme adultery and all kinds of substances, a fan of the computer game “Despot.” He’s one step away from yet another sensation. And what a sensation! An anonymous informant—by phone, through a speech synthesizer—leaks him sensational evidence of corruption at the highest levels, of high-ranking dead men who are allegedly victims of an international conspiracy. Meanwhile, other dead men are piling up dangerously close to Colley himself, casting suspicion on him…