Two detectives from different backgrounds come together to tackle what seemed to be just a regular drug case. As the investigation starts, things take a turn for the worse and the case becomes even more dangerous. The underworld is starting to become restless and soon signs start showing up of a brutal and deadly turf war between the Russian Mafia and a local gangster who operates on Brooklyn territory. Will Harry Hole work together with Thomas Crow to prevent the deaths of innocent civilians and stop a deadly drug operation or will they get caught up in the turf war, leaving them both with a few physical and mental scars?