Botallack Mine in Cornwall. Young Russian defectors. A rogue political asylum seeker. And nuclear waste. Ivan, seeking a freedom denied him in Russia finds sanctuary in the arms of Elsie, having left Anna and his unborn child in Cornwall. When he once more flees, robbing Elsie in the process, he is found by James - a mining consultant who wants Botallack mine. But they aren't the only buyers and the quiet shadow of the British Government begins to grow darker and more powerful. Between these warring parties are the people of Cornwall, who do not want nuclear waste dumped in the mine and begin to make it impossible for the world to ignore their cries, which grow louder until the mine explodes...