Ellen Birks knows how to find answers. Returning to work at a defence research centre in Ottawa, she expects to put her skills to use on an ambitious robotics project. Then a troubling incident involving a combat robot called Echo leads her to questions no one wants her to ask. As Ellen follows the trail, she uncovers a threat reaching far beyond the research centre. Powerful men have much to protect, and her search for the truth begins to put her career, her family and her own safety at risk. A wheelchair shapes how Ellen moves through the world. It does not determine how far she will go to protect the people she loves. But can she expose what is happening before a dangerous intelligence passes beyond anyone’s control?