Always Darkest Just Before Dawn

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, but a small group of innovators and their investors is quickly learning that the reverse is also true. Their status quo shattering innovations have put them directly in the cross hairs of some very powerful organizations. These power elite are bringing to bear the full might of their monopolistic power and the full weight of bureaucratic governmental regulatory agencies to strangle these new technologies in their cradle. Can they innovate their way out of this crisis or will they find themselves crushed by the force these organizations can bring to bear?