Welcome to the end of the world, where paperwork accumulates like snowdrifts and supervillains run unchecked through the streets. Where London is under the rule of a mysterious coalition, and the only person who has any clue what's going on is a cowardly wannabe-supervillain nerd. Welcome to a world without Jeffry Lewis Floyd. Joseph Adams never says his name. The self-styled Defender of the Earth died saving the policeman's life, and that mistake can never be rectified. Adams neglects his duty as a police officer, and even when threatened with losing his job he is only interested in pursuing supervillains who vanish like vapor whenever he gets close. Then everything changes with the rumor that Floyd might still be alive...