"Departed foes return and old secrets are revealed as the Dark Knight becomes haunted by his past. Ra's al Ghul, the only enemy who knows Batman's identity, has been resurrected and returns to Gotham. How far will the Caped Crusader go to insure the safety of his city-- and his loved ones? Also, the manic marionette Scarface is reborn and in the lap of the lovely new Ventriloquist. Only this time the team is less interested in organizing crime-- and more interested in exacting revenge on those who've wronged them in the past. But with more ties to Gotham's elite than its underworld, it's not Batman who must reason with the alluring puppet master, but Bruce Wayne!" -- from dust jacket. Source: OpenLibrary