When the world's most powerful tech CEO announces his sudden retirement, a hidden empire of secrets, betrayals, and global conspiracies begins to unravel. Marcus Chen — the illegitimate son nobody knew existed — must navigate corporate warfare, a 38 billion dollar government standoff in India, a covert resource war over rare earth minerals, and a deadly climate crisis to claim the throne that is rightfully his. But the board wants him dead, the markets want him gone, and the woman he loves may be the one sent to destroy him.