Aksel Borgen, before his name change Aksel Nilsen, was tried 20 years ago for the murder of 18-year-old Karine Haansteen. However, this went out with the significant acquittal. Branded, he disappears from his hometown Lifjord in Norway and makes his career in Asia. He lives with his wife Angeline and his son as a successful businessman inKuala Lumpur. One day he is confronted by his work with his past: William Haansteen asks him for an investment in the financially troubled solar company in Lifjord. Aksel flies to Norway, where old feuds re-emerge and Eva Haansteen, the mother of the killed Karine, fights him fiercely.