England, 1543. In a fountain on the premises of Lincoln’s Inn, a famous legal society, the body of Roger H e ll iard, a friend of Matthew Shardlake—one of the best crime investigators in London—is found. While investigating the murder, Shardlake discovers that this is not an isolated crime. Within a short time, several brutal murders have been committed, and all the circumstances indicate that the killer is guided by that part of the Revelation of the Apostle John where the Lord pours out seven cups of his wrath upon sinful humanity…