Environmental engine
Energy infrastructure, resilience claims, control settings.
Book 5 · The Environmental Crimes Files
The Grid
The system did not fail by itself.
A major Texas blackout during extreme conditions is blamed on a strained network. Ethan’s team finds the hidden assumptions and altered safeguards that made catastrophe scalable.
Why this case matters
Shifts the series into infrastructure dependence and systemic vulnerability.
What is at stake
A public emergency reveals who benefits when the grid breaks exactly as modelled.
Explore the series
Get to know the recurring investigators, or explore the other cases in reading order.