Chrysalis begins with life in the exciting happy times of the early seventies in regional Australia. Then, the edge of a cyclone hits Toowoomba in early 1974, threatening local businesses and homes. Errol Cosgrove and his housemates soon have an organised army of volunteers, including off-duty police, to help the city's citizens. In the aftermath of the cyclonic storm, Errol is targeted by the dreaded Queensland Police Special Branch...