Set in the year 2023, the book follows
Alcide Nikopol's return to
Paris after spending 30 years frozen in space as a punishment for dodging the draft. The Paris he once knew is now ruled by
fascist dictator J. F. Choublanc, the city is swarming with aliens, decaying and succumbing to chaos. At the same time, a flying
pyramid-shaped
space craft is hovering over Paris. It is inhabited by
Egyptian gods who ask for
fuel from the local authorities, as their pyramid vessel has run out of gas. In return for this service, Choublanc wants immortality from the gods. One renegade god,
Horus, meets up with the disillusioned Nikopol in the
Metro, and Nikopol agrees to allow Horus control of his body. Together they go on a journey to oppose the corrupt and megalomaniacal powers of the 21st century. ==References==