Denver newspaper reporter Matt Walker has been assigned to investigate complaints from local ranchers who believe their oil lease royalties are being shorted. As his probe into a major oil leasing company intensifies, two of the company's senior managers are murdered, pulling Matt deeper into a dangerous web of deceit. While searching for proof of a complex murder and fraud conspiracy, he begins to question whether some of his own friends-those with ties to the same company-might be involved. Undeterred by a series of anonymous and increasingly menacing threats urging him to abandon the investigation, Matt pushes forward on a perilous and twisting path toward the truth. With help from a determined Denver detective and a hesitant whistle-blower, he edges closer to answers that remain maddeningly out of reach. As suspicion tightens its grip and loyalties blur, Matt realizes the biggest story of his career cannot be written until the explosive facts are finally revealed in a Denver courtroom.