When a police officer is found dead at the scene of an old unsolved murder he had been working on, it’s hardly likely to be a coincidence. When the same thing happens to two other police officers, the pattern of these crimes becomes as clear as it is frightening. None of those old cases were ever solved. The new murders are committed with incredible cruelty, and the police have not a single clue. And worst of all, they’ve lost their best investigator.
Meanwhile, in a hospital in Oslo, a severely injured man lies in a coma. The identity of the patient is kept secret, and his ward is guarded by the police…