Twenty-six-year-old Jimmy Brennans life has taken a turn for the worse, and hes desperate to numb the pain. When his mother dies and his girlfriend betrays him, its the final straw and he seeks escape; he boards a plane bound for Bali.

But Jimmys demons chase him. Sickened by the tourists and the crowded surf spots, he travels north up the archipelago, driven by a desire for solitude and possessed by a reckless, self-destructive urge.

When hes offered the opportunity to visit and surf the forbidden island of North Sentinel, home of a forgotten tribe who have violently rejected outside contact for centuries, Jimmy takes it.

He finds his perfect wave, but its a decision that will have deadly consequences.