Along the wrecked Santa Monica coast—where the waves are toxic and the power lines hum with stolen current—Nix, street scavenger, grey-hat hacker, and dealer in black-market tech, scrapes out a meager living on the frayed edge of society with his board-rat sidekick.

When a cache of stolen military tech surfaces in Dogtown, it carries secrets Spéctarion would kill to erase. Nix just sees the next big score—until he and Kick are dragged into a frenetic chase, hunted by ASTRA Echelon teams through alleys, scrapyards, and surf-sprayed ruins.