Parisianmurder detective commissioner Pierre Niemans is called to Gueron, aself-sufficient, prestigious university in a mountain valley, toinvestigate the murder on 32-year old professor and librarian RemyCaillois, whose corps was found 50 meters high on a steep mountain side,naked, horribly covered in bruises and bleeding wounds, the result ofsome five hours of bestial torture including quasi-surgical amputationof hands cauterized to prevent bleeding to death- and eyes. Guernon is aclosed society of virtually incestuous scientists, de facto succeedingto their parents posts; the eye-doctor, formerly on the staff, sayshereditary genetic diseases are the price of such elitism, but in recentyears spread to the simple farming families. Inspector Max Kerkerianexamines two crimes in the town: a school break-in with theft of oldphotos and archive papers as well as a graveyard desecration of JudithHerault...

ChiefNiemans is investigating a series of ritual murders: The victims arecrucified. He teams up with young officer Reda, who gets embroiled aftera man dressed as a monk tries to kill a confused guy Reda picked up onthe street. Together with a specialist on christian mythology theyuncover a mysterious group called Angels of the Apokalypse .