Young reporter Owen Daniels wants nothing more than to be a journalist for a big-city paper. But when he discovers a vast corporate-political conspiracy to murder 80-year-olds in his California town, he is forced to choose between family loyalty and personal ambition. Joined by a police detective and an anonymous pension insider, Owen must delve into the complex world of public pensions to expose a devilishly brilliant plot that few could have imagined—and only one could have orchestrated.