Ash floods the streets in the towering city of Roen. Blue Hall wants the deaths to stop. Black Corporation wants to maintain their contracts with the government and stop losing profit from the illegal distribution. Investigator Reagen Thorpe has been saddled with Drake Esten of the mob. Together, they've been given the dubious task of cleaning up the mess. Since their only lead has blows up, they'll have to work even harder to track down the clues that will lead them to the distributor. But with the possibility of Reagen's past catching up to her, will she stay in Roen? She already burned one bridge. Can she afford to make an enemy of Roen's mob, too? Reagen never wanted a partner, but as they venture further into the case, she will learn that sometimes being alone can be far more dangerous.