Their collision course is set when Jason is assigned to the ultra-classified Citadel project—decoding communications from a recovered non-terrestrial craft. As Jason struggles with the impossible ethical burden of the secrets he now holds, he commits a single, fatal mistake: he confides in Madison. But the truth she hungers for is protected by a ruthless State machine, one that bribes the living, manufactures accidents, and operates with a chilling lack of accountability. When the authorities realize the leak is coming from within, Jason and Madison find themselves hunted by an enemy that will stop at nothing to bury the truth, and every life associated with it, permanently.