The swollen city of Downlode lies sprawled across the heart of future Europe like a hit-and-run victim. Here, life is cheap and money can buy you anything - so if you want somebody whacked, you can't buy better bullet-monkeys than Finnegan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER. The city's primo hitmen, they claim they only kill fellow members of the underworld. You name it, the maim it. Following an epic adventure in outer space, they are now returning home...