The year is 2097 AD In the aftermath of a series of asteroid collisions America has fallen under Church Law the Statue of Liberty has a cross instead of a torch & the Holy Infant has replaced the tablets In the west tribes of diggers refuse conversion & are chased down by God’s marines Jesuit crusaders led by Father Elano the Church’s top enforcer In the east stuck in the Mid-Atlantic looms the Harlequin Island a floating colony of self-exiled libertarians presided over by Sir Gottfrey A maverick genius who lives with his organs outside his body Gottfrey kills time cloning the past famous (and infamous!) — the so-called replikas — for his sheer entertainment But he’s about to cross the line his next show will be a highly authentic Easter Pageant starring the J-Clone a Jesus look-alike cloned from a drop of blood off the Turin Shroud Alerted by Double-M a replika of Marilyn Monroe (and J-Clone’s girlfriend!) about the upcoming show the Pope commissions Father Elano to infiltrate the Harlequin Island kidnap the J-Clone & spoil the libertarians’ sacrilegious masquerade