Matt Riordan is got up in Stephen Turner’s murder when he not only witnesses the young exec’s death, but Turner’s sister, Kate, asks Riordan to investigate her brother’s death. Riordan finds himself examining the records of a notorious group of student revolutionaries called the Northwest Nine after learning of Stephen Turner’s activist days, but he doesn’t anticipate the chain of violence that his questions sets in motions, not the terrifying threats to his life…and Kate’s.