The series follows the Montebello family, whose business involves smuggling drugs into Australia, and guns and exotic wildlife out, making use of ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands.

When Harry Montebello, the head of the family, starts to plan his succession, he sparks a vicious family power struggle.

While under attack from ambitious bikers and mercurial Papua New Guinea Raskol gangs, the family must hold together through torture, assassination, and imprisonment.

Cast:
Brian Cox, Rena Owen, Aaron Fa'aoso, Jimi Bani, Firass Dirani, Suzannah Bayes-Morton, Emma Lung