The year is 3036 and the world is in as sorry a state as you would think it would be if you have been paying attention to how things are going these days. Things are bad, the air is poisonous, the politicians are corrupt, the English have taken over America and are somehow manging to do an even...

Jon Catch is lazily chasing leads in the unimaginatively titled case of who cut the head off of Hollywood producer Sistmic Gronk when his authorise automated invested assistant J9 uncovers some information that, if he gets around to it, may help Jon solve the case sooner than he was expecting.