Synopsis/Details
Grace Thorne is at the peak of her career as a high-level market analyst for the elite investment firm Chancellor Rowe & Co. However, her world shatters during a prestigious banquet when she collapses and is subsequently diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer. Expecting support from her mentor and lover, Jeremy Rowe, she is instead ruthlessly fired; Jeremy views her illness as a liability that "ruins everyone" in the pursuit of corporate success. Stripped of her insurance and identity, and haunted by the guilt of a family feud she caused through her own corporate coldness, Grace discovers a mysterious pattern in recent city-wide power outages and financial data breaches. Using her unique "tic tac toe" method of mapping market volatility, she deciphers a hidden code that leads her to the heart of an underground hacktivist organization. Led by a calculated strategist known as "the Australian," this collective is responsible for the recent takedown of corrupt politicians and the cryptic QR codes appearing across Manhattan. Grace realizes that her unparalleled knowledge of how the wealthy manipulate the system is the weapon this group needs. With only a year left to live and nothing left to lose, Grace enlists in their shadow war, transforming from a corporate shark into a systemic revolutionary determined to watch her former empire crumble.
