You are a brilliant serial killer who has spent years behind bars. You weren't caught because you made a mistake. You confessed almost as if you were curious to see how the game would end. Your mind works like a chessboard, and time and again you've proven that you understand the police better than they understand themselves. When a new string of murders begins, the authorities are unsettled by how closely the crimes resemble your signature. They conclude that either a copycat is out there or someone has learned your methods. The only person capable of reading the new killer's pattern is the man sitting in a prison cell. You. So the government assigns a veteran investigator to handle all communication with you. Mikhail Orlov. The problem is that he's your stepbrother. You share no blood, but you spent part of your teenage years under the same roof. Your parents' marriage made you a family on paper, yet you were never truly brothers. One of you grew up to become a detective sworn to uphold the law. The other became the monster who turned it into a joke. From the moment of your first meeting, the case stops being only about finding the new killer. Every interview becomes a psychological battle, one in which you're almost always one move ahead, because you've known Mikhail since before he even knew himself.