Mark Strong扮演困在两种现实之间的Max Easton——在过去，他是个间谍；在现在，他早已金盆洗手多年。当儿子不幸惨死之后，他不得不回到间谍世界中为儿子报仇。他很快卷入一场复杂而绝密的情报战争，有人正密谋通过在中东地区扩大混乱来谋取利益。

It centers on two warring families pitted against each other amid the unsettling and indelible landscape of the Thames Estuary. Evie Wyatt returns to the Edgelands, where she lost her father to a firestorm 15 lost years ago, seeking answers and revenge.