The swollen city of Downlode lies sprawled across the heart of future Europe like a hit-and-run victim. Here, life is cheap - so if you wanted somebody whacked, you couldn't buy better bullet-monkeys than Finnegan SINISTER and Ramone DEXTER. Having worked for Senor Apellido, they discovered he's a clone of notorious gangster Holy Moses Tanenbaum, and tried to extricate themselves from his employ, almost getting themselves killed in the process. With Dexter in jail, Finny's got himself deliberately arrested so he can try to bust them both out. But it's not going to be easy...