21世纪第一个50年，人类没有迎来最终的繁荣与和平，反而陷入旷日持久的星际战争中。地外文明辛塔利入侵地球，无数人类的勇士前仆后继，战死沙场。 时间来到2079年。为了最终摧毁外星入侵者，人类加紧对新式武器的开发。斯宾赛·奥哈蒙（加里·希尼斯 Gary Sinise 饰）是武器研发部门的工程师，他的研究取得突破，新式武器的诞生指日可待。而就在这关键时刻，斯宾塞的身份遭到质疑。政府怀疑他是辛塔利派来的间谍，其体内更藏有一颗威力强大的炸弹。他虽然不断辩解，但无济于事。眼看命悬一线，斯宾塞伺机逃亡。他一面躲避政府的追捕，一面要想方设法证明自己的清白。在这一过程中真相逐渐浮出水面，面对真相，斯宾塞本人也受到莫大震动……
Lewis returns to Oxford after several years absence and is reluctantly assigned by his new boss, DCS Innocent, to the murder of an Oxford mathematics student who was shot while participating in a sleep study. The key-code used to access the sleep lab was assigned to a fellow maths student, Daniel Griffin, but Daniel's math tutor has provided him with an alibi. Daniel is a maladjusted young man who will soon inherit his father's automotive empire. He is disruptive and has no respect for his uncle who now heads the company. The future of the company however rests on an impending deal with Japanese investors who insist that family unity is all important at this time. When two other murder occurs, Lewis must decipher a cryptic clue left in an old case file by his former boss, Chief Inspector Morse.
