Eleven years ago, a cruel and mysterious serial killer nicknamed the Magician, responsible for six boys brutally murdered, managed to avoid capture. Eleven years ago, the killings stopped, and investigators believed the Magician had died—or stopped. But now the Magician is back and starts hunting again. And in his way stands the police commissioner Louis Mistral. He risks himself without hesitation in order to lure the Magician out of his lair. But what if his actions put the lives of the people close to the commissioner in danger?