A year has passed since Batic and Leitmayr officially dropped the search for the killer of Ben Schröder, who was stabbed to death in front of his wife Ayumi and son Taro. But then, out of nowhere, a similar crime happens again in Munich. An act without a recognizable motive, again without a relationship between perpetrator and victim, with the same cruel handwriting. The nightmare for Batic and Leitmayr seems to be continuing, but there is a glimmer of hope: the victim miraculously survives and there are numerous clues to the perpetrator. A suspect is caught, but an incident occurs during a prisoner transportat the end of which there are more deaths. A few days later, Franz Leitmayr was walking down the aisle of a hospital on a crutch.
Thoughtfully, he looks through a window at his friend and colleague Ivo Batic, who is in a coma connected to tubes. In addition, Leitmayr has to justify the mysterious events to an internal investigative committee chaired by Chief Detective Horn. what really happened Who shot who and why? Leitmayr desperately tries to explain an unexpected horror scenario with Kalli's help and to find the answer to the question of whether this case might be the end of his and Batic's journey together.