They thought forty years of tradecraft was just a memory. They were wrong. When an 83-year-old shepherd in the Atacama Desert notices clouds vanishing five kilometers before reaching a concrete pylon, he uncovers a terrifying secret: someone is stealing rain directly from the sky. Deep in the French Riviera, 71-year-old retired spymaster Marguerite "Margot" Valcourt receives a smuggled micro-film hidden inside a sea bream. The message reveals Project Mirage—a global network of atmospheric towers built by eco-billionaire Octave Lambrechts to control global freshwater and sell it back to drought-stricken nations. When corporate mercenaries attack her cliffside villa, Margot activates Protocol

