Tender Branson the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult has commandeered a Boeing 747 emptied of passengers in order to tell his story to the plane's black box before it crashes Brought up by the repressive cult & like all Creedish younger sons hired out as a domestic servant Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide As media messiah he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally & apocalyptically spiralling out of control