Cameron Collie - the shark of the pen and the jackal of rotary machines, an experienced ace of information warfare, a lover of extreme adultery and all kinds of substances, a slave of the computer game "Despot" - is one step away from the next sensation. And what a one! An unnamed informant - over the phone, through a speech synthesizer - leaks to him the most delicious incriminating evidence about corruption at the very top, about high-ranking dead people who allegedly became victims of an international conspiracy. Meanwhile, other corpses pile up dangerously close to Colley himself, drawing police suspicion on him... As Banks himself said in an interview, “The Accomplice is reminiscent of Wasp Factory, only without the happy ending and the characteristic cheerful atmosphere.”