In the near future, Nadine, a groundbreaking artist, travels from New Amsterdam Airport to NewGuardia. Subjected to intense border control scans, she still manages to defy the system—but how? Border officials Sandra and Will struggle to decode the anomalies flagged during her scan, especially as a high-priority memo about a missing recursive compression algorithm complicates matters. Meanwhile, at Lloyds, Risk Manager Paola is banished to the basement after warning her boss, Dick, about a volatile new class of Smart Contracts. As Dick's reckless ambition leads to chaos, twins Tammy and Mandy, assisting Paola, have their own reasons for wanting revenge. As the consequences of Nadine's journey ripple through the global travel system, Sandra and Will race to uncover the truth before she reaches Manhattan—will they stop the collapse in time, or is the system beyond saving?