A citizen of Alaska's Arcology 1 has gone missing. For the first time in any domed city, cybernetically enhanced gene-hounds fail to pick up the victim's scent. After three years behind a desk, Special Agent Julius Weaver takes the case and quickly finds himself tangled in an underground of fringe science that endangers not just him, but all citizens of Arc 1. Will one obsolete Federal agent be able to stand toe-to-toe with giants and secure justice for the forgotten? If he's lucky, he might elude a bullet to the back of the head from an underworld mobster, a fiery death from an ageless corporate fixer with murderous intent, and a frozen grave beneath the howling storm outside. And if he's not so lucky, he might be the next to vanish without a trace.