Chicago is home base for Protectors, Inc., a corporation renting outsuper-powered men and women as franchises and heroes and spokespersons... makingmoney and enjoying prestige and power in a world without super-powered bad guys.But when one of the Protectors is found murdered, the trail begins to lead backto one of his other teammates. None of them want to consider the possibilitythat one of their own has turned to the dark side... so it falls to LieutenantDetective John Riley to follow the evidence wherever it goes. His journey willtake him into a maze of secrets going back over seventy years, to the creationof the very first Protector... and a killer whose identity may threaten the veryexistence of Protectors, Inc.!
