This SF noir thriller, set in early 22nd-century Denver, takes place in the same corporate-controlled future as a previous SF novel, ARCHFORM: BEAUTY. Jonat deVrai, a former Marine colonel, is now a highly sought-after consultant on prod: product-placement advertising. When he's hired to investigate the use of prod in a Senate election campaign, he becomes entrapped in a conspiracy involving off-world weapons smuggling and other assorted skulduggery--a complexly layered plot that exacts a very personal toll on deVrai.