Former environmental activist Suzanne Harper and her nonprofit, Earthcare, have been framed for killing an influential lobbyist for the oil industry and dozens of bystanders. Her husband, George Harper, investigates, using skills honed in the military and at the NSA.

George convinces Chetan Maka – a member of the Lakota Nation who has risen to position of Chief Investigator of the Oakland Fire Department – of Suzanne’s innocence. Breadcrumbs lead to an international conglomerate of fossil fuel titans.

As they begin to unmask the group members, George and Chetan discover that they are mere pawns controlled by a seemingly invisible leader, whose identity remains unknown except by the moniker “the Benefactor.”