After a shootout claims the life of his partner, Detective John Tallow unwittingly stumbles across an apartment stacked high with guns. When examined, each weapon leads to a different, previously unsolved murder. Confronted with the sudden emergence of hundreds of unsolved homicides, Tallow soon discovers a hunter who may be the most prolific murderer in New York City's history.

The forces of darkness are closing in on outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem and his merry, filthy band --- but now they’ve got their own rope around the neck of corrupt President Callahan, and it’s time to start tightening the noose.