After nearly losing her life in a horrible car accident, Alexia has been living with a high-purity, medical-grade titanium alloy implant firmly fixed to her skull. And ten challenging years after her extensive cranioplasty, Alexia is now a silently violent go-go dancer at underground automotive shows. But life is unpredictable--instead of being put off by cars, Alexia has developed a bizarre fetishistic fascination with automobiles. In the meantime, as a spate of grisly homicides terrorises the city, fire chief Vincent unexpectedly reunites with his long-lost son, Adrien. But time changes people--after all, the boy has been missing for a decade. Without a doubt, everything has its time, and now it's time to draw the final curtain. Who is the bruised, taciturn stranger that demands a place in Vincent's tender heart?—Nick Riganas