Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck.
Lady Murasaki helps Hannibal to heal.
With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical sc.
Hannibal\'s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal will live with his uncle and his uncle\'s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki.
He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him.
Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute, with a chain around his neck