For five years, he waits in prison with the patience of a predator. Finally, his chance to escape presents itself, and he flees into the forests of Spessart. The next day, two police tracking dogs are found with their throats slit. A police officer is killed. At the same time, Simon Kerner is spending his vacation in his hunting grounds in Spessart. There, he stumbles upon an old forest worker's cabin that has been used as a hideout by someone. Kerner finds incriminating evidence inside and lies in wait. Without success. But suddenly, he has the feeling that he himself is being hunted. And when he is attacked during a storm, a fight for survival begins for Kerner and Steffi.