The world is changing, and not for the better. Natural disasters, an unprecedented surge in aggression and an increase in the number of serial killers are just a few alarming symptoms... The earth is sick. But with what? Peter and Emma de Vonk will have to find out. By order of the united European government, Peter begins work at a mysterious observatory in the Alps, and Emma goes on a business trip to a paradise island in French Polynesia. However, it soon turns out that there are much fewer astronomers at the observatory than military personnel, and the island is more like the underworld. Criminal conspiracies, inhuman experiments, murders and betrayals - that's what awaits Peter and Emma. And it all started with the most ordinary phone call...