When a prodigal son sends his family’s empire into crushing debt, his estranged brother returns to Antwerp’s diamond district to pick up the pieces.

The family of the Belgian prime minister is kidnapped. To get them released, he must murder the American president.

Eva Hendrickx is an ambitious young journalist working on the team of television legend Herman Verbeeck. She’s determined to bring a story about the riots in the suburbs of Brussels. While the city spins further away in a spiral of violence, Eva meets Lahbib, a Moroccan with a heavy past. He escorts her into his complex and hard world. Meanwhile, Herman Verbeeck sees a way to exploit Eva’s story in the ever-competitive mediagame…