The time is the present. Bill McCarthy, a conservative newspaper columnist is married to Martha Connors, a liberal newspaper columnist is a large city somewhere in the Midwest. Their nightly local cable show is called "Sound Off." They also have a spoiled 19-year old daughter named Sally. Bill thinks his journalistic time has passed and that he'll never host a network show. Then one day, a big story falls right into his lap. He receives a anonymous tweet that large deposits of lithium, a precious metal used to power cell phones and computers, has been found in the mountains of a recent ex-Soviet breakaway country, Castonia. When this story hits Fox News and MSNBC, its jingoist coverage not only propels Bill and Martha into the national spotlight, but almost nearly launches a new Cold War between Russia and the U.S. But then a problem arises. The entire Castonia story might be untrue. And Sally might be the key. But with Russia and the U.S. gearing up for war, is it too late to stop a global catastrophe?