With eight weeks until the Swedish national elections, the brutal murder of a right-wing politician in a small town sends shockwaves throughout the country. In Stockholm, the new chief of staff for the Minister of Justice finds herself on the murderer's trail with nothing but her wits behind her back. With a series of terror attacks waged by an extremist group creating chaos in the homeland, she must do whatever it takes to find the culprit and save democracy from collapse.