A school bus. Nine students. A well-established group abduction.
Silent Road
An unexpected event comes to disturb the seemingly calm life of a strong society. The tracks of a school bus are suddenly lost, one morning. Inside the bus are nine elementary school students, children of wealthy and powerful families, along with the driver and an attendant. Police investigations are moving in uncharted waters and everything shows that it has to do with a group abduction, but a young journalist unexpectedly finds himself at the center of events. An entire society is being shaken. A puzzle of suspects is formed, secret passions and intrigues are revealed. The masks fall and the hidden lives of the protagonists come to light. Faced with a nightmarish reality, the heroes are forced to face their own demons. Will they manage to cross the "Silent Road" to reach the truth, atonement and finally redemption?
Episodes
Detective Nasos Oikonomidis investigates the disappearance of nine children of Athens' rich and powerful families; the truly shocking nature of the case is much deeper than what it appears.
Thalia, local journalist and aunt to two of the missing children, finds herself simultaneously covering the case while thrust into the middle of it as a prime suspect all at once.
The parents of the missing children scramble to come up with the outrageous ransom demanded by the kidnappers; Thalia and her family are ostracised as questions about her involvement reach a boiling point.
Emerging evidence exposes the cover-up of a bullying scandal; some of the parents begin to distrust the police and hire a private investigator; Thalia comes face-to-face with one of the kidnappers.
When the kidnappers increase the ransom, Nasos concludes the motive is much more than money; Nasos faces pressure from his superiors.
After 23 days, there is still no breakthrough in the case; Nasos comes under pressure from higher ranks to cut the kidnappers off from Thalia and reach an immediate agreement.
Despite shocking twists in the investigation, police have yet to make an arrest regarding the kidnapped children; Thalia delves deeper into the clue left for her by the orchestrator.
The parents of the kidnapped children and the police wonder about a connection between a deadly accident from 25 years ago and the current abduction.
A flashback reveals the mastermind's catalyst for the abduction, laying out the events that led them to this point.
The kidnappers make one final demand to the police; police stall negotiations as they zero in on the true identity of the orchestrator of the abduction.
Despite orders to keep the sick child in custody, Michalis puts the entire operation at risk and takes the child to the hospital.
One arrest threatens to dismantle the entire abduction; Thalia concludes her investigation and reveals the shocking truth.
A series of revelations emerge and expose the orchestrator's identity, but the police still need to capture them.
