A domestic disturbance brings Finn O'Brien to an abandoned brewery on the frayed edges of the City of Angeles. Inside is a bizarre gathering of Los Angeles elites, a man in a rage, and a young woman beaten to death. As he hunts a killer, Finn finds himself in a surreal world where art and science create strange bedfellows, money and desire birth shameful descendants, and the deadliest relationships of all are the most intimate.