When God makes an uncharacteristic typographical error and accidentally has breakfast with Cormack McFadden, their unexpected meeting attracts the attention of an alien Emperor.Cormack is kidnapped but escapes to Foul Ball, the most disgusting planet in the Universe.There, he will undergo the Three Ordeals of the Shamanic Throat, and it will be determined whether he is the rightful heir to the Imperial Throne, or just another ginger haired chancer from Rochdale.