Reporter Trish Cagle has a long-time bone to pick with the editors she's worked for: they always seem to sidestep the important and often-controversial stories she wants to cover. As this heavily researched novel begins, Cagle is about to embark on a journey into the murky depths of the atomic age. She soon discovers that editors around the world have ignored or buried the greatest coverup of her lifetime: the nuclear power industry has a far-worse safety and bestpractices record than we can possibly imagine. This book represents Cagle's personal quest and, as such, is told in large measure through dialogues with her mentor and friend Max Rogers, nuclear/environmental experts and the victims of the tragedies themselves. When all is said and done, the answers Cagle finds at the end of her journey are almost more dramatic than dangers of nuclear accidents she sets out to uncover.