In the small country of Illiny there is a 15 year old boy named Edward. He ran away when he was 9 and lives off of the money he makes killing people for money. he has no friends except for the ones from his childhood. After seeing a gang of thugs to talk about a contract to kill someone he is sent to the deathouse he assumes he will die in there. He meats old friends and makes new rivals on his way to the deathouse, but what really matters is what happens inside (and outside) the dreaded deathouse.