How much is the truth worth if only a lie can save life on Earth?
2046: Droughts. Fires. Floods. Climate change has long since come to define everyday life, and humanity is in agreement: someone else really ought to do something about it, perhaps. A shrug. Oh well, what a shame.
When a catastrophic flood finally renders the Pacific islands uninhabitable and claims thousands of lives, UN climate policy maker Chloe Cortez devises a desperate plan to finally force humanity to act. A plan that promises hope, but crosses every moral boundary.
At the same time, a drug deal goes wrong in Los Angeles. Failed actor Jack Simmons is sentenced to a life behind bars. Or so he thinks. For Jack doesn’t know that his future has long been intertwined with Chloe’s, and that a devious plot will soon place the fate of the world in his hands.