After a high-speed chase in a restricted military zone results in their arrest, Balthazar and Bach are forced to recount to authorities the events that led them there. The day before, Balthazar and Bach had begun investigating a massacre at a bowling alley that left seven dead and one survivor.

Balthazar and Bach attend the scene of a bizarre double homicide, where the corpses were left in a ring of salt with coins over their eyes. As Balthazar delves into the life of one of the victims-a psychic-he imagines a parallel world where Lise never died.