Ruthless dealings with the highest good. For the young German engineer Cora Remy, the business trip to China turns into a nightmare. Shortly after her arrival, she narrowly escapes an assassination attempt, and in an instant, she finds herself in the midst of a dirty corruption scandal. Her company advises her to return, but Cora decides to fulfill her assignment and continue her journey to Tibet via Shanghai. The trip through the mysterious, foreign land takes Cora to Qingdao and Lhasa, to the base camp of Mount Everest, and to the banks of the Brahmaputra. More than once, she has to fight for her life, as step by step she uncovers a gigantic planned environmental crime. A war over water could plunge the entire world into chaos.