Stephen Connor, trainee Metropolitan Police detective is first on the scene when a cyclist is killed in a seemingly ordinary hit-and-run. Just another tragedy on a London street? Nothing seems to trouble the killer, Big Oil PR guru Greg Palmer - who treats the incident as a minor inconvenience. He is confronted by the dead girl's soulmate, Cara, whose heart breaks as she witnesses the injustice of a system that allows the killer to walk free. When she flees halfway across the world to confront Palmer, Stephen is one step behind. Can Stephen protect Cara from a group of charismatic eco-terrorists, who try to lure her in? Palmer thrives on burying bad news and there's no dirtier business than an oil company trying to hide a major environmental disaster. As a publicity stunt at an oil refinery goes wrong, who will be there when Cara finds out that the target she cared so passionately about had simply moved? Against a backdrop of London, New Zealand, Antarctica and Australia, the race begins….