In the decaying metropolis of Detrot, 60 years and one war after Luna's return, Detective Hard Boiled and friends must solve the mystery behind a unicorn's death in a film noir-inspired tale of ponies, hard cider, conspiracy, and murder.

Politics is an illusion. Opposition politics? Doubly so.

At a Nightmare Night party, Hard Boiled gets drunk and tells of how he and Taxi met Princess Luna.

A dispute over housekeeping leads to a battle of the titans.