In 'Something New Under the Sun,' East-coast novelist Patrick Hamlin travels to Hollywood with dreams of reviving his career by overseeing a film adaptation of his book. Instead, he encounters a California plagued by drought, wildfire, and an all-pervasive corporate malaise. The widely consumed synthetic water, WAT-R, appears to be a linchpin in the crisis. Alongside the enigmatic starlet Cassidy Carter, Patrick delves into the city's underbelly, unearthing a landscape where catastrophe and control intermingle. As ecological disaster looms and the artificial intersects with the real, Patrick's quest takes on an urgency that mirrors the precarious edge on which the environment and truth itself are balanced.