A man with a haunted past, looking for nothing more than to leave it all behind. A regime of brutal tyranny hidden beneath the lie of protection. And a single youth with a guise of his own, yearning to put an end to it all.

Former Detective Rex Corbin's life was not one to be envied, but he did what he could to get by. Some chickens in the backyard, scattered supplies about his rickety little shack, and when times got tough, he could swipe a few eggs and trade them for some whisky... Not the life he'd wished for himself, but it was as good as any civilian could hope for in the walled-off enclave of Haven Hold, given the circumstances following The Fall of the United States. But when a chance encounter wedged itself into his ordinary routine, he finds the life he'd gotten so accustomed to going up in flames. As Grover, a young revolutionary with the fire of rebellion in his eyes, calls on Rex to investigate the deaths of his three friends, Rex is forced to confront his demons from bygone days as he sets off in search of the truth for one final time. In the journey that ensues, where everything is not as it seems and every step could mark their last, tyrants are unmasked, loyalties are tested, and betrayals are abundant everywhere they look. Scarred, scabbed, and carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, would Rex get to the bottom of the most convoluted case he'd ever laid eyes on? Or would someone get to him first?