For John Stratton, an officer in the Metropolitan Police Fraud Squad, the day starts much as any other. He bids his new wife goodbye as they both set off for work, little realising that it would be the last time they were to see each other for more than two years.
 
He soon finds himself held in a futuristic village known as the Dome, to which he has been lured by sinister, unknown forces. Over the ensuing months he slowly works out why he has been chosen and the tasks expected of him. His time there, eventual release, and subsequent adventures offer a roller coaster ride told at breakneck speed and populated with larger-than-life characters.