Verónica es una joven periodista que necesita encontrar respuestas, necesita saber por qué dos de sus personas más queridas actuaron de la misma forma, e intuye que solo encontrará respuestas a su problema familiar rebuscando en sus orígenes. Su investigación le conduce hasta un misterioso libro que se encuentra atado con unas tijeras amarradas en su interior. A partir de ahí, Verónica debe enfrentarse a las fuerzas de la oscuridad en una batalla sin cuartel.

Miquel moves to a town in the Spanish countryside. He is there to work in an industrial mill, ran by siblings María and Ángel. María, who dislikes her work and the neighbours she has to do business with, finds in Miquel a person similar to her.

Somewhere in Spain, four ETA terrorists await a phone call before carrying out a mission, while the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where Spanish soccer team is one of the favorites to win, is being held in South Africa.

An enigmatic international spy in the service of Russia and a Spanish agent of Moroccan origin working for Europol coincide in the Syrian city of Raqqa, an enclave of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS). Both, despite being on opposite sides, have a common goal, to locate the whereabouts of one of the main leaders of the Jihad, known as The Jordan, to facilitate his elimination and precipitate the fall of the organization. In an atmosphere of mutual distrust, both will have to evade dangers, from summary executions to women sold into slavery.