One of America's dreams is to build a fast link between Alaska and the "Lower 48." With the advent of "magnetic levitation" technology the project finally becomes a reality, allowing the train to travel the 5000 kilometers from Fairbanks to Seattle at speeds of over 500 kph. Linked with this rail is a pipeline for a commodity that America, especially those states in the southwest, will need in critical amounts: water. Ice melt from three large glaciers is to be shipped in large pipes suspended under the viaduct along with pipes carrying oil and natural gas from the Arctic tundra.
In Georgia Strait, between Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland, a music teacher's family is killed in a collision with a fast-ferry owned by the same company that is building a Mag-Lev rail from Alaska to the lower 49. Haunted by his inability to save his family members, Greg Majewski finds an unlikely ally in a former Canadian Army sniper, Bill Whittle, who has been decorated for his prowess against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Persecuted by the large Mag-Lev company during their search for answers the duo threatens to turn the new line into a 5000 kilometer inferno., igniting an international manhunt spearheaded by special forces teams from two countries.