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 and the Holy Infant has replaced the tablets In the west tribes of diggers refuse conversion and 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 and spoil the libertarians’ sacrilegious masquerade