Philadelphia homicide detective Benny Steel steps into a case from hell-and goes on a hunt for the killer of a young attorney in the middle of a brutally cold winter, with his fellow detective and lover, Marisa Tulli, by his side. But the killer has an agenda, with a motive that is unclear to law enforcement-and Steel is left wondering. A calculated string of events unfolds. Steel is forced to stare into the face of evil-an evil that cuts through his soul and tests his faith in the goodness of humanity, has him questioning and searching for the meaning of life, age-old questions of mankind. But time is running out and this case is ready to explode. He must stop this killer before it's too late, before the lives of many are drastically altered forever...