After twenty years abroad, Reynold Zedler returns to Saltgrave—not only to find his estranged son, Dylan, but to uncover the truth behind his wife's murder. He finds Dylan living in poverty, working as a laborer, while Dylan's pregnant wife, Eva, is terrorized by the city's corrupt elite. As Reynold systematically dismantles the underworld that rules Saltgrave, he must reclaim his hidden power and reveal his true identity to protect the family he just found—before it's too late.