A killer stalks Edwardian London...avenging a crime five centuries old. Ex-Inspector Bough wasn't enjoying his retirement from the Yard. So when his nephew Nicholas approached him with seven unsolved murders from 15th Century Italy, he was prepare to show interest. The year was 1902 and the Deptford strangler was reaping a terrible harvest on London's streets. Brough itched to be on the case, but as he and Nicholas researched the Rogano murders of 1454, bizarre connections began to appear.Inexplicable forces were at work. As Brough and Nicolas continued to investigate, they found themselves plunged into an unnerving maelstrom of reincarnation, possession and ancient prophecy...