Driven by her personal demons and the secrets and lies behind the childhood trauma of her sister Elley's disappearance, Felicity Devon enters the remote suicide wood. By chance, she meets a young man, Jonah, a Norwegian living in the shadows after his much-loved father, Milton, dies, leaving behind a terrifying secret. He is also grieving the death of his sister Anja, who was taken by traffickers. Together they agree to solve the mysteries of their past lives but in the process step into a turbulent and uncertain future.

Felicity's father, Dante, is often not present in the lives of his remaining children. Instead, he is obsessed with his creations, the world's first quantum supercomputer and an unusual virtual reality world. However, his son Irvin shares his fascination with technology and rapidly becomes engrossed in his father's new game. Soon he discovers this is not the only game being played.

Theodore Hemmings, Dante's boss, is the head of a facility engaged in a classified programme backed by an enigmatic group of the world's elite. He is deemed to be the right man for the job as he is unethical and cruel. Young and old struggle to survive in a world of secrets and lies where reality and truth are no longer inevitable.