Max Rode is an unlucky author—though he is a decent, law-abiding man. His brother Cosmo is the complete opposite: he’s in a psychiatric clinic on preventive detention.
Max has never crossed the line of the law, but in just a few days he is destined to commit one of the most monstrous crimes a person is capable of. And while he doesn’t even know it yet—unlike those who intend to stop him at any cost, while there is still time.