At the riverfront landing of the historic Old Arcade along the freezing Ohio River, textile conservator and harbor pilot Mina Fairchild accepts a 1911 wool ceremonial coat for urgent restoration. When she unsticks the stiff buckram hem, hidden surveyor's parchment strips tumble out, revealing missing charter boundaries that Council President Silas Vance insists never existed. With Vance posting an eminent domain notice to condemn their riverside arcade on November 4th, Mina forms an alliance with boatbuilder Jasper Davenport. Together, they must brave the dangers of Vance's syndicate to reconstruct the survey and defend their artisan community before eviction ruins everything they hold dear.
At the riverfront landing of the historic Old Arcade along the freezing Ohio River, textile conservator and harbor pilot Mina Fairchild accepts a 1911 wool ceremonial coat for urgent restoration. When she unsticks the stiff buckram hem, hidden surveyor's parchment strips tumble out, revealing mis...