During a Skype meeting, journalist Ian Fielder sees his long-lost father abducted. He travels from his home in Sydney to London where his investigation into his father's disappearance produces more questions than answers. He survives a serious but apparently random attack, and as his enquiries take unexpected turns, he has to call into question the integrity of people he previously had no reason to distrust - the girl he met on the flight, her friend working as a nurse in A&E, and even his own boss. With the help of a computer savvy former house-mate he discovers some surprising information about his father. A chance comment by a former school friend of his father yields a vital clue. The danger to himself and also to those with whom he has associated since returning to London increases as he gets closer to exposing a covert organisation operating both in the UK and Australia.