Joe Meteor, brief star of the boxing world, scrapes by collecting debts for a local mafia boss. But everything changes when Simon, his childhood friend who was like a brother, before life sent them off on different paths, summons him to a rooftop meeting where he tells him a dark secret and begs one last favour. After confessing a series of horrible crimes, Simon throws himself from the roof before Joe's horrified eyes, binding him to his request with his last words. This story is a fantasy with real-life demons, heroes and villains, which explores the capacity of a man to step up when circumstances demand it. "There is no demon worse than yourself, nor a deeper blackness than your own shadow".