In a near-future world of crime and crises, private detective Tin Baxter takes on a dispirited mother's plea to rescue her son from a faux-pious political mastermind who has taken control of his memories. A host of henchmen, including barbarous fraternal twins with a taste for human flesh, impede the way, and Baxter must match their wits one by one in order to win the boy, retain his memories and avoid becoming anyone's next meal . . .