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The story begins on a cold October Sunday when a young boy shoots his priest during Mass. The mother of the accused enlists Michael Angellini, a newly retired NYC homicide detective. Angellini, now working on his first case as a private investigator, is doubtful he can prove a negative, especially since both people involved are dead. Angellini is in a crisis of his own. He’s recently moved his wife in the advanced stages of MS back upstate to be closer to family.

After seventeen years of chasing after crack cocaine, Rory Londer was crushed by failure. He had loving parents and was on honor roll lists, but addiction is a switch that can flip inside anyone. He had eaten food from the trash bin and starved in ten-degree weather, trying to collect quarters for one more hit. Now he’s a millionaire, but this story is not a rags-to-riches tale. It’s about emerging from the shadows of guilt and shame.

In the aftermath of the revolution, the survivors are faced with the challenge of rebuilding a new society on the authoritarian ashes of Arcadia. As the council looks to structure the city as a shining beacon of hope and freedom, a threat looms in the city's underbelly. In the West Empire, escaping the shadow of the past proves daunting, and those dedicated to preserving the newfound peace find themselves fighting their toughest trial yet – preventing it all from unraveling.

When Abby Carlson’s job as a dietitian comes to mind now, it’s accompanied by a looming threat: the Minneapolis serial killer who's been targeting women based on the first letter of their jobs, and who's ripe to pick a “D” victim. He follows his gruesome routine—preserving and posing the corpses per their professions, then posting his exploits on social media. But the threat is abstract in a city as big as Minneapolis...until Abby finds herself drugged in the back of a van, the latest potential viral hit.