He is one of the most terrifying fictional heroes of all time.
Now the birth and evolution of the evil he embodies is revealed.

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front... a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck. He seems completely alone, but he carries his demons with him.
His uncle, a distinguished painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and takes him with him to Paris, where he lives with his beautiful Japanese wife, Lady Murasaki.
Lady Murasaki will help Hannibal heal. Thanks to her, he will flourish and become the youngest student ever admitted to a medical school in France.
But his demons visit and torment him. And when he grows up enough, he visits them in turn.
Thus, he discovers that he has some other talents, beyond the academic. And with this revelation, Hannibal Lecter transforms into an angel of death...