The Greenmail Affair

A sleepy coastal town. A poisoned river. A manifesto that promises no blood—only broken boats—if nothing changes.

When eco-activists calling themselves Green Tide begin sabotaging fishing vessels in Maine, the town is torn in two: fishermen who can’t risk their livelihoods and activists who swear their code forbids harming anyone. But journalist–podcaster Ethan Shaw hears something beneath the noise: a rhythm that doesn’t fit.

The sabotage feels staged. The letters too polished. The fear too perfectly placed.

As Ethan digs through ledgers, dive logs, and hushed confessions, he finds the fingerprints of someone else entirely—a seafood executive engineering chaos to crush rivals and control supply. Insurance payouts, camera outages, and even regulators are part of the script. And Ethan has been cast as the conscience that makes it all believable.