A small but growing coastal town, one that feels like paradise to Ian, a retired detective trying to come to terms with his wife's murder-serves as the backdrop for a race against time. Oil despots and others are pitted against a wealthy philanthropist and his team-who are trying to produce and test a prototype that could provide power from a fusion reaction with no environmental impacts to speak of-and a few locals. But will they succeed before the device is captured and destroyed by the pursuers?
