In the near future, America is crumbling, bankrupt, and teetering on the
edge of chaos. Following the Great Bailout, the multinational Lee-Pi
corporation is the only institution that can hold the country together,
providing basic services, security, and order. Leonard Cheung is
Lee-Pi's most reliable field operative: a negotiator, assassin, and
clean-up expert who does the behind-the-scenes dirty work to keep the
corporation running.
When the city of Philadelphia is evacuated after a suspected terrorist
attack, the corporation drops Cheung into the insanity to retrieve a
priceless possession: a champion racehorse belonging to Mr. Lee himself.
Cheung is the perfect man for the job, having grown up on the outskirts
of the city. In this surreal homecoming, Cheung must track the majestic
animal through the deserted streets of a dead city. But Cheung soon
discovers that he is not alone. Freedom fighters, long opposed to
Lee-Pi's authority, are hunting the horse for their own reasons. And the
collision between the resistance movement and the obedient company man
will force Cheung to question everything he believes, who he has become,
and what is worth fighting for.
