In contemporary Manchester, Michael spends his days alternating between visits to the job center and time at the pub. A fortuitous encounter with Lee, followed by meeting her Uncle Ian and a wild night out, lands him a job as a bouncer at a massage parlor in the Northern Quarter. After witnessing a customer’s brutal death, Michael is plagued by vivid, bloody flashbacks and finds himself drawn into a mysterious and alluring underworld. As he uncovers the secrets of what happens beneath Cloud 9, Michael’s life is irrevocably changed.