Investigative reporter Pierre Fontaine's life is crumbling; his job is in jeopardy and his marriage is falling apart. When he learns that Dr. Martin Cochran, a Marine Corps, Vietnam veteran is about to be executed by lethal injection, Fontaine becomes obsessed with his crimes. He hopes that publishing the story of the gruesome deeds that led Cochran to the death chamber will resurrect his job and marriage.Fontaine discovers that, after a nasty divorce, Cochran took revenge to unimaginably depraved depths. He had brutally murdered his private investigator and had tortured his adulterous ex-wife, Cindy, leaving her mutilated and paralyzed. The reporter finds that Cochran is insane with revenge, yet maniacally brilliant. His diabolical actions will make your skin crawl. You'll be moved to tears for Cochran's victims and pray that he suffers for all eternity . . . and, above all, you will pity Pierre Fontaine.