It is set in a world after nuclear war where the metropolis of Kennedy in the United States has become walled off in order to protect itself from the decline of the rest the country.

Determined to maintain a functioning modern city, the citizens of Kennedy have walled themselves off from the rest of the country.

Forty years after the end of the war, Kennedy is in a critical state, with technologies failing and repairs increasingly inadequate.

As the deadline for reunification approaches, Phil Roads, assigned to investigate the assassinations and data thefts, faces increasing threat not only from the opposing forces, but from his own secret past.

The cover art used for the book was an Acrylics on board painting called 'Cyber Punk City', created by Australian artist Greg Bridges.