"Back when he was first fighting crime by Batman's side as Robin, Dick Grayson let a crime boss called the Judge slip through his fingers. Ever since, he's been haunted by the trail of bodies left in the Judge's wake--murders committed by seemingly ordinary people who were offered their fondest desires by the Judge. Now, just as Dick is starting anew in Bludhaven, both as Nightwing and as the owner of a new business, the Judge has returned--and so have the murders"-- Provided by publisher.