Harry Lyon is a cop who embraces tradition and order. The biggest bane ofhis life is his partner, Connie Gulliver. Harry doesn't like the messinessof her desk, her lack of social polish or her sometimes casual attitudetowards the law. 'Look, Harry, it's the Age of Chaos,' she tells him. 'Getwith the times.' And when Harry and Connie have to take out a hopped-upgunman in a restaurant, the chase and shootout swiftly degenerate into asurreal nightmare that seems to justify Connie's view of the modern world.Shortly after, Harry encounters a filthy, rag-clad denizen of the streets,who says ominously, 'Ticktock, ticktock. You'll be dead in sixteen hours.'Struggling to regain the orderly life he cherishes, Harry is trapped in anundertow of terror and violence. For reasons he does not understand,someone is after him, Connie Gulliver and the people he loves.