Synopsis:
For
thousands of years it has existed. An intelligent symbiotic weapon of incredible
power. A living gauntlet that becomes one with its wearer. The Witchblade.
Joan of Arc was one. Others have been both its master and its servant.
But in all cases, the Witchblade has been used to cut a swath of blood
and viscera through the ranks of previously insurmountable evil. And now,
in the latter days of the 20th century, the Witchblade has allowed destiny
and fate to see out a new bearer.
"Sara
Pezzini is a NYPD homicide cop. She's young, tough and smart, and possesses
a razor-sharp beauty that she wields like a sword. She's earned her gold
shield, but every day she must prove herself on the street, to her bosses
and, ultimately, to herself. With a legendary cop father to live up to,
Sara attacks her job with a vengeance. She battles a system that favors
guilty over the innocent, sometimes, in her all-or-nothing quest to bring
down the bad guys, almost going too far. While investigating her
best friend's death, Sara's live, and what she has believed about her world
and the forces at work within it, is radically changed forever. That night,
fate brings Sara in contact with the Witchblade.
"Unable
to free herself from the Witchblade, Sara must learn to govern its power
while simultaneously balancing her life and career as a police detective.
But now that Sara possesses the Witchblade, her eyes are opened to a world
of evil that goes far beyond just crime on the street. The darkness is
countless layers deep, and Sara has no choice but to peel back each one
an confront what awaits her."
Week
in and week out, Sara Pezzini employs her skills as a police detective
to fight crime, using the Witchblade to combat a much greater and frighteningly
organized conspiracy of evil that threatens the very soul of humanity.
As Sara tries to keep her secret, do her job and have some semblance of
a life, she finds that her most formidable adversary might be the Witchblade
itself.
The
Witchblade - and Sara - are pursued by Kenneth Irons, a billionaire obsessed
with possessing the Witchblade, and his enigmatic henchman, Ian Nottingham.
When Pezzini's partner, Danny Woo, is murdered, he is replaced by detective
Jack McCartey, a laid-back surfer from California. Pezzini's nemesis is
Gallo, who is responsible for the grief in her life.
