Investigative journalist Quinn Whitaker accepts an invitation to the glittering estate of the enigmatic magnate Lawrence Ellison--and is drawn into a world where power is theater. But when a celebrated developer vanishes under suspicious circumstances, Quinn's pursuit of the truth begins to expose the fault lines in Ellison's empire.

From sun-soaked yacht decks to City Hall corridors, from whispered deals to the walls that hide them all, The House on Ember Row is a taut, atmospheric descent into corruption and illusion--where every secret carries a cost, and the man who built paradise may be the one destined to destroy it.