Daniel Pell, sentenced to life imprisonment for a brutal murder, makes a daring escape from the cell The search for the criminal is engaged in Catherine Dance, an experienced police psychologist, a specialist in kinesics - body language. She has been questioned by Pell, and she knows she is dealing with an extremely dangerous maniac. Pell, the former leader of the sect, is confident in his superpowers, he himself is an excellent psychologist and a ruthless manipulator. And he likes to kill . He seems to take revenge for the years spent in prison, and thanks to his intelligence and cunning always ahead of the pursuers-policemen by half a step. The confrontation between Dans and Pell resembles a chess game of equal in strength opponents . But, unlike chess, the denouement will be unexpected for the winner and deadly for the defeated.