Inthemiddleoftheoutback,astolen4WDcollideswithatransporttruck.Twolocalkidsinthecararebadlyhurt.Someoneshouldhavecalledforhelp,buttheydidn’t.Theydidn’tbecausetheyworkforaninternationalresearchprojectno-onetalksaboutandtheircargoisaprohibitedsubstance.TheaccidentwouldhaveremainedamysterywereitnotforNed(DanSpielman)andJesseBanks(AshleyZukerman).Nedisayounginternetjournalistdesperateforabreak,andJesseishistroubledyoungerbrotherwhoseobsessionwithhackinghasgothimintoseriousdifficulties.NedandJesseBanksaregivenapoisonedchalicewhenaphonevideooftheoutbackaccidentarrivesintheirin-box.Theirdecisiontodigdeeperdragsthebrothersintothedarkestheartofpolitics,thewebofblackmarketeersandtheinternationalagenciesthatmonitorandmanipulatethem.Together,theysuddenlybecometheunlikeliestcrusadersfordemocracy.Thequestionisjusthowfarthoseinauthoritywillgotokeeptheirexplosivesecretsafe-andjusthowfarthetwobrotherswillgotorevealthetruth.
