The enigmatic Hallgrim Hallgrimsson is on his way to Iceland to see his sick mother when he is called back because a policeman has been killed at Copenhagen airport. Four murders and a daring rescue later detective Hallgrim Hallgrimsson, AKA The Eagle, accepts a position in the police commissioner's new team so he can work on solving the case.

Curly, the mole in the squad, leads the team to ponder what Aagaard's latest development in Congo, a field hospital, really is? Could it be a cover-up for a facility to install a rebel leader, who would grant him mining concessions to the element tantalum.