Two Swedish diplomats are missing - they are presumed to have been kidnapped. It’s a mission for Amanda Lund, the negotiator. Swedish police commissioner Amanda Lund is stationed in Afghanistan for a year to train local security forces. Just after surviving a Taliban attack, she receives a new sensitive assignment: a Swedish diplomatic couple has disappeared in Kabul. The embassy suspects a kidnapping. Amanda, a negotiation specialist, is to mediate in the case. Every hour counts. In Stockholm, Bill Ekman coordinates Amanda's mission. The matter must remain confidential, with only a small circle informed. At the same time, Bill is investigating the murder of a young man, a government employee, as it turns out. Despite being thousands of kilometers apart, the events are converging.