Conspirators want to destroy the United States with nerve gas. The ideal servant appears as a treacherous werewolf. Lemon boy chases bad musicians. Electrical patients start an uprising in the hospital. The Colonel Explains the Rules of Science "Keep It Simple." The Exterminator is the second book in William Burroughs' London trilogy, developing the themes of The Wild Boys. Burroughs broke the connection between language and power. Especially political power. In books such as Exterminator!, William castigates not only pigs, as the police were called in 1968, not only the far right, but, more importantly, power as such. He doesn't just blame the authorities - a pleasant but generally fruitless tactic - he analyzes them.