In a world where heroism and villainy are 9-to-5 gigs, Arthur Lovelass's life has reached critical mass. Every attempt he's made to humiliate his popular and heroic father has failed, his girlfriend has left him, his sister won't talk to him, and he's jobless. As if that weren't bad enough, his roommate is threatening to kick him out of the apartment after he causes an embarrassing accident which leaves her just as unemployed.

Things get worse when Arthur guilts his best friend Tim into accompanying him on a prank at the Heroes' Guild. Instead of petty vandalism, the two stumble on a conspiracy which leaves four dead and the 'Lord of Justice' Arbiter on a campaign of revenge which threatens the very world Arthur longs to be a part of.