Attempting to alleviate increased floods induced by Climate Change, weather scientist Graham Steele is engaged in experiments with a high powered fine tuned laser pulse to re-direct rain out to sea. His wife Claire, a survey geologist and amateur astronomer, is sceptical. Their friends, Stephen and Debbie, expecting their first child, act as referees in several disputes. During an horrific thunderstorm, electrical power is cut and Oliver and Eva at the transmission station struggle to restore it but their equipment is severely damaged. Morgan and Craig, local police officers, and other...

Dreaming of a mission to found a colony on Mars, Chris Bridge finally gets his wish and receives confirmation funding for the initial voyage has been secured. The Mission Colonial is built in space and after twelve years in construction, with a global fanfare and much excitement, finally sets off on its historic journey with its crew of eight, captained by George Newey. While many problems have been anticipated and planned for, the expedition isn't as smooth or uneventful as the crew would have liked, proving frustrating and at times dangerous, even deadly. Communication with ground control...

Walter Ambler killed his wife. Due to the ferocity of the attack and his mental history, he is sent to The Lanes, a medium security psychiatric hospital, perhaps indefinitely. However, Joy McHale, a member of the jury at his trial, is not convinced of his guilt. She visits him to aid his rehabilitation and bring this man, dominated by his bullying mother, out of himself. The story unfolds as, with the help of her boyfriend Bob Proctor and local journalist Paul Talbot, she investigates gaps in the case against him. Together they discover the circumstances weren't quite as obvious or cut and...