Rayne McCloud is a 32-year-old art expert with an impeccable reputation. However, her latest Sydney-based project, a vision of reconciliation between two cultures, attracts the ire of a young skinhead and her work is completely ruined. Traumatized by the incident, she loses her sight in one eye. Several failed attempts to re-attach her retina leave her feeling hopeless and dejected, so she decides to return home to Alaska, to learn to live again. In her childhood holiday home on Halibut Cove, Rayne witnesses the murder of the second mate of the Petro Valdez, just as the world commemorates the third anniversary of one of its most severe environmental catastrophes. When Rayne identifies the killer as eco-friendly real estate magnate, Liam Declan, her otherwise unusually detailed eyewitness account is dismissed outright by the police and the case makes headlines. Bent on saving her compromised reputation, Rayne's investigation leads her to the discovery of Alaska's richest goldmines on the very same shoreline wrecked by the notorious oil spill. The elaborate cover up includes not only state officials, the former crew of the Petro Valdez, oil barons and mining tycoons, but unwittingly, her very own father. Brought face to face with the harsh realities of the corporate world, will Rayne trade the love of her father for her thirst for the truth?