When he was a boy, Bruce Wayne witnessed the death of his parents at the hands of a crazed criminal. As an adult, he returns to Gotham City after years of training around the world and finds a decaying city overrun by organized crime and dangerous individuals manipulating the system while the company he inherited is slowly being pulled out from under him. The discovery of a cave full of bats under his mansion leads him to take on a new persona, one which will strike fear into the hearts of criminals, and he becomes the "Batman". In the new guise, and with the help of rising cop James Gordon, district attorney and mayor candidate Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to take down the various schemes in motion by individuals such as Don Carmine Falcone and even his old friend, Oswald Cobblepot. In a story full of action, twists and romance, will Batman finally bring peace to Gotham City?