It’s just another day in the life of Sam Wade. After a stint at the labs in the Northlands, he boards an early flight, eats the same lousy plane food, drives home, makes a coffee, spills the coffee, and plans to collect his eight-year-old daughter, Rain, from his sister-in-law Mimi’s house on the neighbouring island tomorrow.

All is good. Too good.

Then he catches the news. And in a heartbeat, everything flips. War has been threatened. Satellites go dark. A superstorm brews off the coast. To most, it’s a sudden geopolitical collapse. But to Sam, it’s something else entirely. The ancient Scripts he was raised to study have been triggered. The world is shifting - and Sam knows what’s coming.

A message from Etrah Island - tied to his past - confirms it. Something long dormant has stirred, and Sam is now at the heart of what was never meant to be unleashed.

First, he must bring Rain and Mimi home. His job makes him a target, so he must move unseen through a city where order is fraying - dodging riots, irate civilians, and crossing through an ancient necropolis where dead silence is starting to crack.

New dangers arise once reunited: a strange event on the old André bridge threatens to fracture their otherwise airtight bond, and a rogue police droid is deployed to silence him. Then, three become five when M1 - the family’s droid, originally designed as a super-soldier - and nineteen-year-old neighbour Josh Christie join the journey. Together, they descend into a secret ancient underworld beneath the sea - a time capsule of buried wrongs - unwittingly pursued by those of this world… and those who never belonged.

Then, a revelation. What Sam had long dismissed as Rain’s harmless imagination is brought to light - literally - when they reach the grounds of Etrah. And it becomes clear he’s not the only one who’s been keeping secrets.

Much to his frustration, their numbers rise again. Strangers are now in their midst. Trust is thin. Time is thinner.

This isn’t just a mission for Sam. This is home. And it was never meant to call him back.

Etrah is no ordinary island. It has secrets. It’s tuned into a different channel - a place where curious things happen, and reality bends in its corridors. Delivered in a fantastical manner by Charlie - who may or may not be the butler - the consequences of yesteryear’s meddling with the cosmos begin to unfold. The oracle. The clock hallway. The door. All pieces of a puzzle that chart the course toward restoring balance before time runs out.