Neil Cross, the award-winning creator of Luther, is at his best in this depiction of the Tattooed Man and his lewd, murky underworld

Jon Bennet is the perfect employee: systematic, productive, and utterly reliable. He is also completely detached from the world around him and seemingly feels nothing . . . for Jon's life is anything but common. On the tight leash of the Tattooed Man, Jon kills and maims on order. And he's good at it.

But Jon's days of favor are about to end. After bumping into old school friends, he slowly reenters the normal world, where the bonds of friendship, love, and kindness are expected, and he finds himself changing back into the person he once was.

But the Tattooed Man requires total servitude, and his wrath is more fearful than Jon could ever have expected.