<div>While young men wage war against an evil empire of zealous mutants, the population of this modern inferno is afflicted with the epidemic of a radioactive virus. An opium-infused apocalyptic vision from the legendary author of <i>Naked Lunch</i> is the first of the trilogy with <i>The Places of the Dead Roads</i> and his final novel, <i>The Western Plains</i>.<br></div>