When Julia Swan, heiress to her father Alan's business fortune, receives an anonymous letter from 'DNA Dan', it sparks the beginning of a killing spree the like of which East London, South Africa, has never before seen. His brutal critique of the South African police's ineptitude is only matched by the cruelty of his methods.

Fearing for the safety of her family and friends, Julia has no choice but to use her position as a trusted journalist to broadcast Dan's grievances to the world, but her father has other ideas and sets his private security force after Dan.

Will his gamble pay off? Should they keep the police in the loop? Are Dan's motives as altruistic as he claims? And will they stop him before he gets too close to Julia?