Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Christoph Hein, Willenbrock looks into the mind of a man who has never been afraid and never lacked confidence when he finally does feel fear and has his confidence stolen from him. Willenbrock is a successful businessman with a wonderful wife and a wonderful girlfriend. He owns two homes, isn′t easily rattled by setbacks, and is so achingly confident that it would seem nothing bad could ever happen to him. But his life is turned upside down when his home is burgled and his wife is attacked. With his renowned confidence shaken to its core, Willenbrock questions his position for the first time in his life-as well as confronting previously unknown feelings of fear, vulnerability, and rage. Seeking his lost assuredness in a gun, Willenbrock′s fears are our own. The moment when our carefully constructed sense of safety starts to crumble, not only on the personal level but on a societal one, is a collective nightmare. Ill-equipped as we are to handle catastrophes, the reaction is often one of misguided, sad violence.