The sun beats down on Orange County, CA. People play softball and pedal their flyers above ecologically-sound thermocrete rooftops. The democratically-elected council debate environmental issues and make rational decisions for the public good. There lives Kevin Claiborne. To him, it must be the perfect society. But when he hears of plans to develop Rattlesnake Hill, the last piece of wilderness in the area, he senses the bubbling of corruption below the unblemished surface.