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 spin 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.