It has been almost a year since Greenbury’s last murder. All that changes when an unidentified, nude male body is found deep within the local woods. It appears to be a suicide, but until the coroner makes the final determination, Peter Decker, a former lieutenant for the LAPD, must treat the scene as a suspicious crime. When the body is finally identified, the case turns into a dangerous sphere of scheming academics, secret cyphers and a hidden corruption at Kneed Loft College.