This is a lighthearted science fiction tale of intrigue woven into a background of gangsters and alien beings consisting of intelligent energy. The sex and violence is portrayed with tongue in cheek. The heroes are an unlikely team of human hosts, with alien energy implants, that have difficulty in getting along with each other but are bound together in a common dilemma, caught between vicious gangsters and their alien masters. A middle aged mob "hit man" of Italian ancestry with an attractive young wife is forced to team up with a brash young computer designer of African American ancestry. The story follows their escapades, along with others like them, to ultimately, successfully fend off an attack on Earth from another alien species before releasing 6hemfromtheir bondage.. Both partners had previously submitted to implantation by the alien beings and later regretted their choice. The alien beings, represented by an inner voice known only as "Primus," do not understand humans or their values. The alien energy force regards it's humans as pets. When Primus becomes too fond of his "pets" to let them resolve their own difficulties, the alien interferes just enough to make matters worse. The situation gets out of hand and Primux is