“Slop Cop” was what he and those like him were called. When the LAPD of 2051 needed a man for a really nasty job, Sgt. Les Burnham couldn’t volunteer fast enough. If Public Enemy #1 was the quarry, Burnham was sure to get him as well as an innocent bystander or two. There are so many people in Burnham’s Los Angeles that another corpse or two makes no difference.

  During a regular police action, Burnham comes across a corpse with no identity. Burnham’s quest for that identity leads him into uncovering a nightmare in which he himself in named as Public Enemy #1 and condemned to death under the terms of The Stasis Option.