 Harry Kowa used to be a police officer until he was involved in an extreme shoot out and was dropped. Today he works as a VIP bodyguard for his friend Dr. Sander, a politician currently investigating high-tech exports to the middle east. After Sander tells about his findings - a plant for chemical weapons, code-name  Tor des Feuers , is being built with the support of German companies - at a conference he gets shot. Kowa reacts too late, but shoots someone aiming at Sander. Sander survives the assault but Kowa gets arrested immediately being told he d shot an undercover police officer. He soon finds out that things are not what they seem to be. However arrested in a jail-house he can do nothing about it for now.