In the dead corners of London’s streets, a new kind of killer is broadcasting terror. Each crime scene bears the same mark — a single shard of mirror, a corrupted digital trace, and a chilling manifesto that goes viral before the body is even cold.

Detective Sergeant James Hale is a man out of time — an analogue soul in a digital world, still haunted by the case that broke him. Ethan Ward is his opposite: a brilliant young cyber analyst fluent in the language of glitches, forums, and digital ghosts. Together, they hunt a killer known only as TheWatchingGlass — a faceless figure turning murder into message, and the internet into their stage.

As the killings escalate and public obsession reaches fever pitch, Hale and Ward must decode a trail of QR clues, deep-fake footage, and manipulated truths. But every step forward only deepens the blur between justice and spectacle, voyeurism and complicity.