The action takes place in a Norway of the near future, where the country has been occupied by Russia. Officially, the international community wants to control oil production in the Scandinavian country, but in reality the Kremlin has quite different intentions. At a press conference held on site at a brand-new thorium power plant, Jesper Berg presents the mineral thorium, which is supposed to be pioneering in the restructuring of the Norwegian energy market. But shortly afterwards he is kidnapped by masked men in a helicopter.