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Sixteen-year-old Lena Palmer disappears without a trace. Three days later, a disturbing video surfaces online, going viral at breathtaking speed and containing societal explosives. Lena was raped. The perpetrators, three Black men, were filmed during their crime by an unknown person.

Yashira Saad, chief inspector at the BKA in Berlin, is assigned to the case. Where is the victim now – and who are the perpetrators? Yashira must quickly show results, as the country is boiling. Violent demonstrations are already breaking out in German cities. A right-wing extremist group called Active Homeland Protection is rapidly gaining followers. Can Yashira arrest the perpetrators before the lynch mob strikes and the rule of law begins to falter?

Tense, profound, and highly thrilling: a gripping contemporary novel narrated by Marc-Uwe Kling.