War veteran Peter Ash seeks refuge in the forests of Northern California from the demands of civilization. However, instead he encounters a life-threatening grizzly bear and then a journalist who has just narrowly escaped from her kidnappers. Ash helps her uncover why she was abducted and what the algorithm "Tig3r" might have to do with it. The redwood forests in Northern California promise peace and seclusion—exactly what the war veteran Peter Ash needs to escape his recurring panic attacks. In this deserted area, Ash unexpectedly comes across journalist June Cassidy. She is on the run from a pseudo-military group that has been pursuing her since the mysterious accidental death of her mother. Her mother was a software developer who had been working on a secret government project. A project that...