The swollen city of Downlode lies sprawled across the heart of future Europe like a hit-and-run victim. Here, life is cheap - if you want someone whacked, you can't buy better bullet monkeys than Finnegan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER. Lethal hitman with chalk outlines around their souls, these notorious gun-sharks are the best killers that money can buy. With the city currently in the midst of a gang war between Senor Apellido, a clone of kingpin Holy Moses Tanenbaum, and The Mover - a Tanenbaum from an alternative dimension - Sinister Dexter are finding that work is plentiful...