Dash Reid is a cynical, misanthropic New York private detective living in an alternate 1957 where humanoid robots have taken over the American workforce, cars fly, and digital computers are commonplace. When the mysterious Mr. Bell hires him to locate an elusive hacker named Buzzkill, Reid thinks he's in for an easy payday. Instead, he runs afoul of CIA assassins, KGB spies, and the Russian mob! Can Reid stay one step ahead of the opposition, or will he become the latest casualty of the Cold War?