The year is 2030 and one of the world's most notorious criminals, Nathaniel David Hamilton has finally been captured. CIA Agents Deacons and Jennings undertake the daunting task of securing his confession of a life of corruption and chaos. Over the course of the interrogation they learn how a child prodigy from small town Illinois became one of the most powerful men in a world populated by superheroes and billionaire weapons tycoons.

Confessions of a Mad Man is the first in a series of ongoing short fiction entitled The Crusaders: Justice Above All. This serves as an introduction into their world.