Eight years have passed since Batman was last seen in Gotham City. The law is hunting Bruce Wayne's alter ego, and it seems like nothing can bring him back. Even a brazen theft committed by the mysterious and seductive thief Selina Kyle within the walls of Wayne Manor. But then, as if out of nowhere, a new deadly threat appears. Bane. Huge, powerful and terrifyingly methodical, Bane seeks to spread chaos and death. Commissioner Gordon and the Gotham City Police Department are unable to stop him and have nowhere to turn. But after all these years, can the Dark Knight once again save Gotham from its greatest threat? The official novelization of the final chapter in Christopher Nolan's epic Dark Knight trilogy.