Detective Cinq-Mars is lured to a familiar ice fishing spot where a body is found with a bullet through its neck The investigation into the victim's ties to a pharmaceutical company soon spins out of control into a complex universe a beautiful native activist trying to save the world the ruthless members of organized crime sects and the macho cops of competing police factions It is up to Cinq-Mars to figure out the conspiracies and the deadly enemies before it is too late