Jaded detective J._!!ohn Ve;+rney is on the trail of( ]a n a;ncient cult of Pla:gue Doc^(tors whi$ ch 
is cutti`:*]ng a[! bloody `%swathe through the Lond ^,o
.-n : u\),n derworld. Dismissed by]` #;his su
periors as .gang on gang kil=lin*gs, t\he -murders draw Verney into an obs ^essive_= maze of (:a secret soc:i.#et ;y ]+^`cons#pira ?cy with links to the Jack T%he Ripper m_;*urders of 1888, put#ting /;him.^ and his f=a*mily in grave d/)anger)\ . Ab?ov+.@e ]is ...