Tom Richter knows he’s a good police reporter, but he finds himself in a city where there seems to be no crime. The harmonious façade of Richter’s perfect new community begins to crumble when he detects a serious problem hiding in plain sight—the Jeremiah Horne Covenant. This secret religious organization is on a mission to keep the city crime-free through its own shadowy methods. The Covenant seems nearly untouchable, with some of the highest-ranking citizens in the fold, including Professor Pruitt, who is determined that the only way to stop Richter from finding out too much is for the organization to destroy him and his entire family.