Defence attorney Robert Stern can scarcely believe his eyes when he meets with the mysterious client who has summoned him to a godforsaken industrial park. To his
astonishment| the defendant is a ten-year-old boy| a fragile child with a chronic illness who insists that he was a murderer in a former life. Robert Stern's
surprise turns into horror when he searches the cellar described by Simon and finds a human skeleton whose skull has been split by an axe. But this is only the
beginning. Simon tells him of other victims whose bodies have lain undiscovered for years. Suddenly| the present becomes murderously dangerous as well...