When Detective Senior Constable Sarah Chen finds prominent Aboriginal rights lawyer David Namatjira dead at Emily Gap, what appears to be a hiking accident quickly becomes murder.

David’s death coincides with his Legal Aid office being ransacked and crucial files documenting mining company corruption stolen. His legal challenges were costing Northern Territory Minerals millions while protecting sacred Aboriginal sites from illegal exploration—giving corporate executives powerful motives for murder.

But Sarah discovers David’s death was orchestrated by an international criminal network eliminating anyone threatening their environmental crime operations. The conspiracy reaches from boardrooms to government offices, with similar murders silencing environmental advocates worldwide.

When David’s five-year-old daughter Emma disappears, Sarah realizes the killers are systematically eliminating witnesses to protect their billion-dollar operations. Racing across the red heart of Australia from Alice Springs to remote Hermannsburg, Sarah must navigate cultural complexities and corporate conspiracies while protecting an innocent child from professional killers.

With federal agencies closing in and international operatives hunting Emma, Sarah faces her most challenging case where ancient Aboriginal law meets contemporary environmental crime.

Some secrets are worth killing for. Some places are worth dying to protect.