The Ink Black Heart is the name of a popular fictional cartoon. Its creator, Edie, contacts the agency online about abuse she's receiving from a mysterious figure known only as Anomie. Robin rejects Edie's request but a few days later, news breaks of the woman's death after her body is found in Highgate Cemetery, where the cartoon is set.
A dedicated, strait-laced FBI agent and a street-smart CIA agent are part of a new, clandestine taskforce charged with solving and preventing domestic terrorism in and around New York City.