A brutal murder is committed at a prestigious college in the Alps, which is investigated by the experienced police commissioner Pierre Niemans. Meanwhile, in another place, another very strange crime takes place - someone digs up and desecrates the grave of a 10-year-old girl.
This case is led by a young detective Max Kerkerian. It seems that there is no connection between these events. But there is! And when the two cops discover it, the mediocre atrocities they have seen so far gradually pale in comparison to the heart of darkness where their search for the truth will lead them. The deadly truth...