该剧改编自约翰·格里森姆的同名畅销小说，年轻的律师Rudy Baylor决心反抗不公，与全美最大的公司斗争。

一名成功的知名小说家受到创伤和神秘勒索者的困扰，于是回到家乡正视尚未解决的过往。

　　该剧改编自约翰·格里森姆的同名畅销小说，年轻的律师Rudy Baylor决心反抗不公，与全美最大的公司斗争。

朱莉（基莉·霍斯饰）与爱德华（弗莱迪·海默饰）这对关系疏远的母子，在风景如画的希腊小岛上重聚。可爱德华不知道的是，朱莉其实是一名退隐的杀手，更麻烦的是，朱莉过去的同伙也没有收到她“金盆洗手”的通知。

　　The drama depicts the surreptitious invasion of the land our farmer cherishes, with devastating consequences, as his livelihood, homestead and family life are threatened by local county lines drugs dealers: urban gangs using the British countryside as a field of operations, moving drugs and money between their inner-city hubs and provincial areas.
　　Nathan Williams is a man who runs a farm which has been in his family for generations, caught in a numbing rhythm of work and grief following the death of his wife, Sabine, two years previously. A single parent to teenager Johnny, Nathan is uniquely placed and possesses enough pent-up energy to take on the gangs that threaten to engulf his son.
　　Consequently, he embarks on a personal journey that will take him ever further out of his comfort zone into a dark alternative world as he fights to protect his family, his homestead and his legacy. He’s missed all the clues that the country idyll around him has been fatally compromised, contaminated by waves of criminality spreading and mutating virus-like from the city.
　　Now Nathan must accept that the rustic atmosphere of his childhood is long gone, replaced by something altogether more perilous. And the only way for Nathan to survive in this brave new world is to learn the rules and fight back.

LukeEllis的父母某天突然被杀，而他则被拐走并被关在一处叫「TheInstitute」的地方，他的新房间与老家一样，但是没有窗，及门外尽是其他房间的门。这儿关着的孩子都有特殊能力，例如念力﹑心灵感应等。这个地方会无情地榨取孩子们的超能力，不接受的话会受到各种惩罚；主角Luke渴望能逃出「TheInstitute」，不过过去从没有人成功过。