Set ten months after the events of the previous novel,[N 1] the book picks up with the protagonist Zoey Ashe as she settles into the role of "heiress" of her late father's vast business and criminal empire in the fictional charter city of Tabula Ra$a.

Suddenly having access to unimaginable wealth, Zoey cannot help but enjoy it in contrast to her previous life, while also understanding that it was built on blood money and exploitation of the underprivileged.

Zoey arrives to meet his demands and surrenders herself to Tilley while the Suits running her operations - Will Blackwater, Andre Knox, Budd Billingsley, and "Echo" Ling - stay back.

Attempts by the Suits to intercept their communications fail, as the coordination happens inside the Hub, a virtual reality MMO game which even Zoey at 23 is too old to understand.

An attempt to rescue the cat in a military stealth helicopter procured by Andre leads them to kidnap one of the Blowback ringleaders, who turns out to be Chobb's teenage son Marti.

She is attacked by Vikerness but is saved by bystanders, helping Zoey realize that her online haters don't represent the people in real life.

He then explains his long-time rivalry with Zoey's late father, which culminated in Chobb sponsoring Molech, the man who wound up killing Arthur Livingston.

Zoey offers to buy his private security company for a sum large enough for Chobb to purchase the controlling stake in the Hub, an economy the size of Germany.

She complimented the biting commentary on important societal topics, writing that "from its title, David Wong's second installment in the adventures of heiress Zoey Ashe promises an unforgettable, bizarre and brain-bending storyline, and it does not disappoint.

"[3] Jena Brown praised the novel's satire in her review, complimenting how it dives into heavy topics like power structure and the banality of evil by pulling them apart until they are distended into shades of grey.