Tom McAteer: eco-scientist, murdered in Canada at the launch of Shadow.
Shadow: the new energy drink from Silhouette Moreau, recycling entrepreneur.
Bella North-Spectra: younger sister of Dana Spectra; almost murdered when McAteer was.
Dana has become the brand ambassador for Shadow, but at the launch, her sister is almost murdered, and a scientist actually is. Spurred on by Bella's claim that the killer is one of her friends, Dana sets out on a journey that will take her to some of the darkest places on Earth, all to find who exactly put her sister in the firing line and why it was necessary for McAteer to die.
