So brilliant and quirky is the future's leading genius, Mithrose, that he believes he's become an all-powerful God. As a personality trait, that belief is bad enough, but then he reports to the Impersator, the galaxy's current tyrant and mass murderer, for a second round of torture. There's method to his madness, though, as he's found a way to revive the rightful leader, the Chingress, through the technological magic of a robe, and now must deliver her to her people to begin the revolution. The Impersator has burned the Chingress to death in Plasmine once, and will not hesitate to do so again. He's immolated entire planets of humans, since he's opposed to Mithrose's implantation of human variants to colonize the galaxy. Mithrose brings the Chingress back to life and the star battles begin, with Mithrose's technology and love opposing the Impersator's madness and mass murders. There's a man sent by Mithrose that the Chingress covets, but the process of dying and living again through technology takes its toll on the very human personalities of these characters, and many strange difficulties ensue. The war looks hopeless until Mithrose finds a way to bring the billions of walking dead into the fray against the Impersator.