Christopher Walt is a secret government agent, one of the few survivors of the tragedy that occurred in Home Bridge. The young policeman has become a hostage to his past. Now he must investigate a string of particularly brutal murders in Bridgebers. But who knows what secrets he'll face?

It's his first day in Bridgebers. On a wet, rainy evening he walks into a random bar - the neon sign "'Ace's Den" greets him. A glass of whisky without ice, he looks tired and pensive.