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 and, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. A media messiah, author of the bestselling autobiography 'Saved from Salvation' and the even better-selling 'Book of Very Common Prayer', he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally and apocalyptically spiralling out of control.
