The time is the future, the place is Manchester, and the man with trouble on his hands is Inspector Ambrose Patterson - a black cop with one hell of an attitude. First introduced in Peter Kalu's Lick Shot, Patterson now finds himself caught up having to baby sit' a black American extremist who goes under the name of Professor X. When the Professor is scheduled to hold a rally in Manchester, the death threats pour in thick and fast and Patterson discovers that what seemed like a simple protection job is getting way out of hand.'