In an alternate future of ruling religious fanatacism, one man has lost faith.

Jonah Murtag is an Acolyte on the New Bethlehem police force. His job: eradicate all heretical religious faiths and their practitioners. When a string of bombings paralyzes the city, religious fanatics are initially suspected, but startling clues point to a more ominous perpetrator. And Jonah's got another problem. He isn't a believer, anymore.