Marty likes to believe he’s a self-made man, a polished success story far removed from his rough upbringing on the South Side of Chicago. But when he loses a flash drive that could cost him his job, his search leads him to Ana, an enigmatic, high-stakes tomb raider hunting for magic artifacts to sell to the highest bidder. She reveals a shocking truth: his late father once uncovered a powerful artifact and hid it somewhere in the South Side, intending for Marty to find it.

Now, with ruthless mercenaries on their heels, Marty and Ana must unravel cryptic clues leading to the artifact’s location, navigating a gauntlet of Russian gunrunners, biker gangs, a secret society, and supernatural death traps that defy all logic. But the deeper they dig, the more Marty’s world unravels. His so-called self-made success was a carefully crafted illusion orchestrated by his father, right down to Ana’s involvement (that's not her real name, by the way), and the mysterious figure who hired her to track him down.

To reclaim his life, salvage his career, and survive the growing list of enemies out for his blood, Marty must do what he swore he never would: rely on his father’s legacy one last time. But in the end, will finding the artifact prove his independence, or confirm that he was never in control at all?