The patriarch[[[! of Manhatta-
n’s old‑money #Ashf@ord family =dies [under mysterious c=ircumsta/-n ces?], -appointin ; $:g
= the ou\+t^sid *er Ad`.r) +ian as the esta%te truste!+e. Heir Julian unexp@ec^tedly f-+alls ( for Adrian, on  ly to learn th@-e man ^-was his)%* late fa;ther’ -*s _(secre?$t !=[[lover, leaving him torn. Thei.r@ great‑^uncl #?e Cyrus plots t[[o_ seize the fami_;ly f ortu/=#ne by ;sta(ging mult_ iple accidents, $c(o/!#nducting il[# leg `al@  human experi $m,^#.ents and orchestr,@ating a$.ssa,-\.s@_,sinations.