Tom, a young physicist, is drawn into the nightmare world of “reactors”, people made ill by modern communications technology. But is their condition psychological or real? A university experiment claims to find out – but is full of dangerous flaws, which Tom and his friend Kevin battle to expose. In an isolated valley where reactors have found a haven, Tom starts a rival research project which uncovers something so shocking that vested interests take revenge. Tom and his reactor love, Sarah, must flee across the ocean to reach the one place where they can be together. A gripping insight into a uniquely marginalised group.