After a seemingly random accident, Bette Donovan, piques the interest of the imposing Dept. of Propagation. Here she threads her way through the desperate measures a society will adopt in the name of self-preservation.

A private investigator gets in over her head when her newest clients turn out to be a family of Grim Reapers looking to track down the human who murdered one of their own and upset the natural balance of the world.