Amara Okoye has spent thirteen years believing her father died in a tragic accident.
Her family survives by keeping bees and selling honey, but when a powerful food company offers them a life-changing deal, Amara sees a chance to finally escape poverty. Her mother, however, refuses to sign. She knows something Amara doesn't—some opportunities come with a price far greater than money.
When strange men begin searching their home, their beehives are mysteriously disturbed, and threatening messages appear, Amara discovers that her father's death was no accident. Hidden among his old belongings is evidence of a secret project involving the honey trade—and a dangerous substance known as Project 17.
As Amara digs deeper, she uncovers a web of greed, betrayal, corruption, and murder stretching back more than a decade. The man offering her family a fortune may be hiding the truth, while someone much closer to home may have betrayed her father.
With her family in danger and powerful people determined to bury the past, Amara must uncover the truth before the secret her father died protecting is destroyed forever.
But the deeper she goes, the more she realizes that honey was never the real prize.
It was only the beginning.
Because sometimes the sweetest things hide the darkest secrets—and discovering the truth may cost Amara everything she loves.