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Ex-Homicide Detective Frank Langer is a broken man - but he's all that stands in the way of a deadly conspiracy.

Since a mental breakdown put him on medical leave from the squad he was once hand-picked to lead, Frank spends his days drinking and chain-smoking, and his nights waking up screaming from a horrific recurring nightmare.

Until one day, by chance, he stumbles on a monstrous plot to kidnap children.

When the mother of one of the missing children commits suicide, Frank is driven to see justice done. But when he shows up at the squad with the wild story, his former colleagues pat him on the back and tell him to go home. Instead, he stamps down his demons and, together with the dead woman's sister Rebecca, plunges into the case.

One heart-pounding step ahead of the conspirators, he races to fit together the pieces of an intricate puzzle. When he finally unravels the mystery, the answer is more deadly than he ever imagined.

But can he stay alive long enough to find someone to believe him?