The multiverse is exposed in all its sordid glory as we are shown glimpses of eight different futures, each in the form of 'The Alternative Apocalypse'. Treating time as the mutable imposter it is, the third Jerry Cornelius novel ranges across the ages from the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the swinging London of the '60s and '70s, from turn-of-the-century music halls to 1930's seaside resorts. Leading us across time and space are the likes of Jerry's beloved sister Catherine and villainous brother Frank, wily adversary Miss Brunner, the grotesque Bishop Beesley and cool, anarchist revolutionary Una Persson, while Jerry Cornelius - the English Assassin - lies close to death's door. For now.