Despite money problems, ego clashes, and on-the-set sword fights between the director ad star, filming on The Rulers of the Omniverse continues. Concrete, who's still trying to fathom the politics and pretensions of Hollywood, assumes this is business as usual--and the scary part is that he's right! However, he can't shake the suspicion that someone may be trying to sabotage his efforts as a one-man special effects crew. And there's always the possibility that if something does go wrong, he could end up killing somebody.