The invention of fusion
power in 2151 permits economic recovery from decades of anarchy where law and
order has been privatized and either totally corrupted, or, as happened in the
Green Zone, locally enforced by an expert sniper, Lawrence Foster. David
Sheldon sees this as an opportunity to acquire wealth and power by any means.
Lawrence's daughter, Suzie, leaves the Green Zone and becomes part of a
movement to have all the economy incorporated in a few giant corporations, and
she uses a machine pistol to help her. Henry Adams had an ill-fated crush on
Suzie, and when Lawrence dies, he has become a capable sniper, but he remains
in the Green Zone and attempts to return it to free enterprise and proper law
and order. When David and Suzie focus their attention on the Green Zone, only
one can survive.