On paper, cancer killed Reginald Thurgood. Artie thinks he was murdered. Artie hires private detective Cass Fisher to find out the truth. She's unprofessional and sounds delusional, ranting about mass surveillance and professional hitmen. For what it's worth, Artie's fiancée thinks she's trying to manipulate him. The problem is that her paranoid theories match the facts. Now, powerful weapons developers are after them, armed with a massive surveillance apparatus, the most advanced military technology in the world, and experimental brainwashing techniques so powerful they can destroy a human mind. Can Cass and Artie outwit their enemies, or will they face a fate worse than death?