After a supposedly average murder in Techslum puts FBI agent Vera Morales on the trail of a mysterious killer, her search to question techno-cultist Nicolas Kron begins to unravel a biotech conspiracy far more expansive than she even thought possible. But as she digs deeper, she unknowingly becomes the next target of the most powerful men in the world-who will stop at nothing to keep their skeletons buried. Meanwhile, Kron sends his most loyal acolytes on a quest to steal a piece of technology that might finally help him realize his life's work, but is he ready to pay for it in blood?