Ever since losing her beloved father to the fatal wounds of a house robbery, young Clarice Starling's sanity has snapped. Living in Montana with her uncle Hector, Clarice suffers horrible nightmares, throws strange fits at any form of pain and isolates herself from the world. In order to bring some humanity back to the child, Hector hires Doctor Hannibal Lecter to treat her. But what no one realises is that the psychiatrist is facing mental problems of his own. Dealing with a death in his own family and the struggles of mass despession, his charming personality is slipping away before young Clarice's eyes. Will they bond despite their broken behavioural issues? What is the higher threat preparing to damage both of their lives permanently? And how will a sad little girl affect the way Hannibal Lecter acts today?