Batman has uncovered the mastermind behind his recent (and not-so-recent) troubles: Bane. But Batman's closest allies refuse to believe Bane is active again, and even after battling the villain himself, puzzlingly, there's no evidence to prove that anything out of the ordinary has even happened. With no one on his side, Batman joins another Batman, a version of Thomas Wayne from another reality. He and his "father" will journey across the desert to rebuild the Wayne family--but how far into the unthinkable is either of them willing to go?