"John Lee and his team are hired by Tom Taylor, an Australian media baron, after Taylor's twin sons have been kidnapped by a criminal gang who are now holding them for ransom. A planned exchange has already failed when the Australian Federal Police tried to move in and arrest the suspects at the drop-off point, and the gang have fled with the twins into the vast reaches of the Outback. No longer wanting to trust the authorities, Taylor believes that only John and his specialist team have a chance of getting them back."