Detroit, still recovering from the economic and social collapse referred to as the Big Brown, is now home to desperate refugees and natives struggling to survive. Hostile militias fight for control of the city. Like many, Darla Gallagher works two jobs, her full fifty hours as a mere hospital administrator, but few can say they are also a surveillance scout for the city's pre-eminent The Veteran's Brigade. When mysterious assailants using bows and arrows threaten the city's fragile peace, Darla must investigate. Facing strange dangers that threaten her family, her comrades and the entire city, Darla must uncover the shocking truth.