Culp is the new counselor in the stockade, trying to find his way. Woods is the psychotic, murderous guard, mercilessly torturing the prisoners. Jessie is the richest man in the U.S. Army, buying his way out of everything. And Stuart is the platoon sergeant holding it all together. Into this strange mix comes Lee, the Viet Nam deserter turned terrorist, hiding from a Red Army purge. When Woods decides to murder Lee, and Culp sets out to stop him, Twilight of the Lesser Gods spins inexorably toward its deadly and terrifying conclusion.