The narrative follows a trader named Ross as he moves through a near-future urban landscape dominated by corporate exchanges and spreading dereliction. Observing Ghost Town's encroaching decay, he contends with competing expert explanations that reduce complex decline to psychological, biological, or technological causes while wrestling with a personal career decision. Scenes in trading offices and a crowded skyroom reveal commodified social relations, contractual agreements about family life, and chronic labor shortages, showing how routine commerce both masks and perpetuates wider social deterioration. The work combines speculative worldbuilding with satirical attention to institutional forces, market imperatives, and individual choice amid demographic and moral erosion.