When detective Nikos goes back to his island, he faces the gory murder of a boy near the old monastery. Echoing two murders committed 33 years previously in the exact same spot, and a mass cult suicide, it brings back a part of the island's history that it has tried hard to forget. As investigation begins, two British crime writers arrive on the island. When another murder is committed, they are drawn into their own investigation. As they discover more about the island's dark past, their diversion becomes a dangerous pursuit...