Rookie police officer Dan Samson witnesses his partner's deathin a dark alley. When the killer turns the gun on him, Dan is miraculously saved by his police badge. But the badge that saved Dan Samson's life has a history. It's a "Dead Badge" a badge passed onto a new officer after its owner has been killed, and it becomes evident that its precious owner died in mysterious circumstances. When he's assigned to desk duty after the alley incident, Dan becomes involved with learning about the badge owner's past. The more he digs up, the stranger the case becomes and as the truth unravels, Dan makes some startling and completely sinister discoveries...