No one is sad when the island king Thies Nommensen is found dead: frozen and tied to a tree with his pants down. Many locals have suffered under his obsession with power and the brutality with which he destroyed lives. During a severe winter storm, the Husum team is left to fend for themselves on the island, cut off from the mainland. Without technical support, they must find the perpetrator - and many had a motive for the murder. However, the locals remain tight-lipped because: one does not betray the savior.