Lacy Bultanski is missing. Involved with a group of political activists calling themselves The SMALL Concerns, Lacy has gone to France where she becomes frightened by one of her fellow activists. She calls her sister, Lucy, for help, then promptly disappears. Desperate to find her sister, Lucy reestablishes contact with an old flame, the private detective, Koji Remote. Assisted by ex-CIA operative, Harry Signage, Koji enbarks on one the most frustrating cases of his career. Clues stack up quickly and improbably, leading to encounters with a series of outlandish characters whose interest in Lacy is both mysterious and confusing. As Koji Remote's frustrations mount, he begins to suspect that the key to Lacy Bultanski's whereabouts may lie in an eccentric document, The SMALL Concerns Manifesto.