Danny Swanson Department of Fisheries and Oceans employee and ex-fisherman isnt exactly upset when hes reassigned from a desk job in Ottawa to an at-sea job on the West Coast His superiors think theyre punishing him for his indiscretions but Danny is pleased to be back on the Pacific reconnecting with his old fishing buddies Revisiting his past life though is trolling up some old memories including a troubling incident from ten years ago when Danny and his crew pulled up a deformed fish It was young Billy who decided to bring the odd creature to the DFO in Vancouver for examination Billy and the fish were never seen again Now Dannys buddy is on his mind when he stumbles across a photo of the fish in the DFO databases and suddenly Danny cant let Billys disappearance get swept under the rugWith the help of RCMP Sergeant Louise Karavchuk Danny starts hauling old histories to the surface and delving into what he starts to believe may be a massive conspiracy Who can Danny trust in his search for the truth The organized well-dressed officials of the DFO Or his somewhat rowdy and rough-around-the-edges fishing buddies from the past.
