<p><strong>"Death is not the end, sir,</strong></p><p><strong>No, sir, not the end of the line,</strong></p><p><strong>Just remember what I say to you;</strong></p><p><strong>It hurts, baby, </strong></p><p><strong>It hurts every time." </strong></p><p><strong>Pluto Garcia is a lieutenant in the Community Militia of Morrisette, a post-communist city-state where a miracle drug has advanced enough to allow the dying a second chance at life by launching them into the nearest available universe in which they are still alive.</strong></p><p><strong>In his latest incarnation, Pluto is tasked with investigating the death of Krishna Klein, a brilliant but troubled philanthropist who has been found with a bullet in his head following a week-long bender. With the aid of his assigned partner, Esther Dupont, Pluto uncovers a techno-fascistic plot to plunge the flawed Utopia of Morrissette into authoritarian control once and for all.</strong></p>