Karin wants her sister Siren, a prostitute, to come home to say goodbye to their terminally ill mother. Varg and Karin attract the wrong attention when they kidnap the high Siren to bring her home.

Varg Veum is summoned by inspector Hamre to a hostage drama on a farm outside Bergen. A married couple have been brutally murdered, and all evidence points to their foster son, 16 year old Jan Egil.

Varg Veum wakes up to a roar that shakes all of Bergen. It turns out to be a weapons depot outside the city that was blown up. Several people lose their lives, including Varg's best friend Even, who is soon named as the bomber. However, Wolf can't get it to work and starts digging into the dark secrets of the arms industry. His investigation takes him to Budapest where he becomes involved in a deadly game in what will be his biggest and most dangerous case ever. Varg soon realizes that he has taken water way over his head when his girlfriend Karin becomes the next victim.