On its way from Los Angeles to Stockholm, an SAS airliner with more than 200 passengers on board suddenly disappears from the radar. There is no crash site. A terrorist attack is suspected and various security authorities are gathering for crisis consultations. Among them is Thana 'Monty' Montgomery, the young, brand new director of the Swedish National Space Board. Together with ex-military man Henry Jäger and NASA expert Dr. Hyman Monty searches for answers. But their investigation takes a turn that none of them could have ever imagined…