After fifty years of prosperous offshore drilling in one of the world’s largest oil fields, a seismic rift rips through the ocean floor of the North Sea, causing an oil rig to collapse. A team of researchers, including submarine operator Sofia (Kristine Kujath Thorp), rushes in to search for the missing and assess the cause of the damage. But what they discover is that this is just the start of a possible apocalyptic catastrophe.From the team behind the highly acclaimed disaster thrillers THE WAVE and THE QUAKE, THE BURNING SEA is a nail biting, action-packed thriller for our times.