The future.
A girl is dead. Which may mean nothing – people die, even in arcologies. But as obstruction and evasion await him at every turn, Inspector Percy Gordon begins to suspect that there are things someone doesn't want him to know. The question is, to what lengths will they go to stop him finding out?
The past.
Alex is not who she says she is. The sacrifices she's made to infiltrate this sinister rich-boys' club really don't bear thinking about, but she's almost got what she needs, and then she can go public – assuming they don't first find out who she really is. Because that really would be game over.
The weird and twisty world of Tidelands continues in Part 2: The Winter Queen, which collects together instalments 18–34.