"Execution" is the third and final book in the Franchise series of the Ridgelands saga. In the previous books, "Preparation" and "Journey," Belak Laboot brings a technical team to establish an iron-making franchise to BuelaVisu, a city across the continental divide from their home in Laboot City. Now they must execute the mission to establish production in BuelaVisu. Organizing and moving the team across the ridgelands unified the team in the face of outside attacks and personal friction.

BuelaVisu's advantages shine as residents buy into the project, hydropower is developed, and siting arrangements mature. The unrest, which soured the franchise's introduction to the city, diminishes as leaders work around the resistance. Foundations, pilings, blasting, and resource development progress rapidly. People throughout BuelaVisu begin to experience opportunities from the project. Belak and his sister, Louise, grow and establish new ties in the team and community.

Resistance regroups as progress threatens their control in Visu. Leadership in Laboot City realizes that reports hide issues arising, so they send an investigative team, which digs deeper into city dynamics and sets the stage for subversion. Belak stands against the conspiracy, getting deeper into politics that he intended. Violence and betrayals follow.