Delmak-O is a dangerous world. Though there are just fourteen citizens, no-one can trust anyone else and loss of life can strike at at any time. The planet is certainly vast and generally unexplored, populated mainly by gelatinous cube-shaped beings that provide cryptic advice by means of anagrams. Deities can be spoken to directly via a group of prayer amplifiers and transmitters, however they may possibly not be happy about it. As well as the incomprehensible building in the distance draws all the colonists to it, however when they get there each views a different motto on the front. The mystery of this structure and the secrets included within drive this mind-bending novel.