The Church of Ixmarity is under siege - the followers of the maverick prophet Resenence Jeopardy are winning new converts daily and their heresy threatens the state itself!

The Ecclesiarch, Wilfish Implexion, is determined to stamp out the Jeopardites by any means at his disposal, no matter how ruthless...

Four others are equally desperate in their desire to find the elusive heretic...

But in finding Jeopardy all five are ultimately surprised by the nature of their success...