Sarah Deléan, a brilliant corporate lawyer, works for a major Canadian mining company in a large firm headed by Philippe Fraser. On the eve of finalizing the acquisition of a small mine on the North Shore, she is horrified to discover that the woman living in the apartment above her mother’s has been murdered, unaware of the disturbing links between them… As the suspicious deaths pile up around Sarah, she decides to pursue her own investigation, which takes her from Mexico to Guatemala. Her investigation soon becomes intertwined with that of investigator Émile Lebeau, with whom she teams up to confront the powerful forces of a sprawling world of alliances and betrayals. The lawyer uncovers controversial mining activities with enormous economic and environmental repercussions. Torn between loyalty to her professional family – which includes her fiancé, Jared – and the help citizens need to protect their health, their water and their land, Sarah will have to choose a side and discover her true nature.