The year is 1703. Matthew Corbett, a professional problem-solver, is reported missing. The last time his New York friends saw him was before he left on what seemed like a trivial errand from the “Gerald” agency to Charles-Town. From there, Matthew never returned. His senior partner in problem-solving, Hudson Greathouse, sensing that his friend is in trouble, sets out after him together with Berry Grigsby—and the journey leads them to London, a city under the control of Professor Felle, full of dangers...
Meanwhile, Matthew’s misfortunes continue: by circumstances he ends up in Newgate Prison—the most dreadful prison in London. Will he manage to escape alive? And if he does, will he not meet death by the blade of a mysterious masked killer who destroys criminals set free from the chains of the law?