When two young environmental scientists vanish while investigating radiation contamination near a former nuclear test zone in the South Pacific, their deaths are ruled a tragic accident - until their parents' desperate plea lands in the inbox of an investigative journalist, Robert Tait. From Tahiti to the Congo, Robert embarks on a dangerous journey, in pursuit of the truth that is buried deep beneath layers of government cover-ups and corporate deception. As he digs deeper, he uncovers claims of illegal diamond trading all part of a web of secrets that finds him the target of claims of espionage and his reputation under attack.