Sometimes taking the road back is the start of a journey forward.Journalist Chris Baxter finds himself at a crossroads when his life takes an unexpected turn. Hoping to pick up the pieces, he and his teenage daughter move back to his childhood home in New South Wales to live with his mother, Susan.But life in the beautiful riverside town of Neverend turns out to be far from idyllic. Chris soon discovers that opportunities for employment are scarce, and it's not long before he finds himself in increasingly dire financial straits.Then Susan is invited to the reunion of a group of Australians who travelled to Indonesia forty years ago on a graduate programme. The aim was to foster friendship between the two countries but the mission went badly wrong, ending with the death of one of the group. When Chris hears what happened, he smells a story and begins to investigate. But soon, strange events start to threaten the family and the peace of the small town is shattered. As the intimidation grows, so does Chris's determination to uncover the truth. With his family in peril, he frantically searches for answers - before it's too late.@di_morrissey