*This is not the same Earth as the one you and I know. Here, the United States was founded not by religious sects fleeing persecution, but a different breed of human. And when they arrived here, they didn't establish a democracy, but a monarchy, favoring their kind above all others...
Distinguished by their striking looks, acute intelligence, and sense of superiority, the Megas have constructed a society around the basic concept that all men are NOT created equal. Responsible for many of mankind's great leaps in the arts, philosophy, science, and technology, the Megas embody everything you would ever want to be. With exclusive clubs and lifestyles that cater to their opulent tastes, the Megas themselves are beyond reproach.
Until a prominent Mega prince, Ellington Boudreaux, is found with a pile of other bodies in an apparent murder/suicide in a brothel. Detective Jack Madison of the B.R.I. (Bureau of Royal Investigation) is faced with the daunting task of handling the case under the watchful eye of his mentor, Chief Justice Noah Bach. Jack really believes that The Megas are held to the same standards of law as everyone else, but the further he digs the more he starts to question the dictums of his society.
And as he tries to cope with the case, his career, and his growing addiction to "painkillers" for his headaches, he finds himself in the midst of a laugh-gas explosion by the social-satirist group DADA and their disturbing new manifesto... *Source: Megas #2