While Gotham descends into a winter of despair, Bruce must find the strength to do what he couldn't before: fear death enough to fight for life. He must "rise" from the pit to save his city one last time. In a final, explosive stand involving the Gotham PD, an idealistic young cop named John Blake, and a desperate race against the ticking clock, the Dark Knight faces his ultimate sacrifice.
The silence is broken by the arrival of , a masked terrorist with a bone-chilling calm and a plan to fulfill Ra's al Ghul’s destiny: the total destruction of Gotham. Alongside him is the cunning cat-burglar Selina Kyle, whose moral ambiguity forces Bruce to realize he can no longer remain in hiding. While Gotham descends into a winter of despair,
Eight years after the Joker’s reign of chaos, Gotham City rests in a fragile peace. Under the weight of the Harvey Dent Act, organized crime has been crushed, but the cost was the truth. Bruce Wayne, now a reclusive shadow in his own manor, has hung up the cowl, nursing physical and emotional scars. The silence is broken by the arrival of