With only a years experience as Gotham Citys new protector, Batman must now confront a nightmare out of the pasta distorted reflection of himself called the Reaper, who hunted Gothams criminals a generation earlier. His methods were harsh and cruel, and violent in the extreme. Now, just as a new breed of criminal is rising, the Reaper has returned to deal out his savage brand of justice. And the only way for Batman to stop this death-dealing vigilante is to forge an alliance with the man who destroyed his lifehis own parents murderer. But can the Dark Knight stand to confront the secret of their deaths? Or will the Reapers revelations finally cost him his sanity?