A thrilling and elaborate six-part series about a mother who uses her trained strategic mind to fight for the life of her daughter.

Until now Vera's profession was risk analysis, and game theory (interactive decision-making) just an academic discipline developed in the shadow of the Cold War. But when her daughter is suddenly kidnapped, these rational methods are the only weapons the desperate mother has left to save Elsa's life. The kidnappers demand that Vera raises the risk rating at her insurance company for a small African country. But Vera knows: If she complies, Elsa's chances of survival are slim.