The book's frame narrative and premise is that "after dabbling in radical politics", Adolf Hitler emigrated to the United States in 1919 and became a science fiction illustrator, editor, and author. He wrote his final science fantasy novel "Lord of the Swastika" in six weeks in 1953, shortly before dying of cerebral hemorrhage (possibly caused by tertiary syphilis); "Lord of the Swastika" subsequently wins the Hugo Award and the "colorful uniforms" described therein become a regular feature of cosplayers at science fiction conventions. Hitler's other published works include the long-running fanzine "Storm" and the novels "The Master Race", "The Thousand Year Rule", and "The Triumph of the Will".