In the gaslit hell of Whitechapel, a sickness is spreading. But this is not one man's madness. It is a
procedure
.
A secret Order of London's most powerful men-surgeons, nobles, and watchers linked to the Crown-has begun to "cleanse" the city's diseased veins . The murders are not crimes; they are
excisions
Three souls are caught in the conspiracy:
The Witness:
After surviving an attack,
Liz Stride
refuses to be a victim. She hunts the men who hunt her, her secret journal the only true record of the conspiracy .
The Investigator:
Inspector Frederick Abberline
follows a trail of surgical precision, only to find himself blocked by a wall of official silence and the powerful Sir William Gull .
The Initiate:
Dr. Alexander Strathmore, a brilliant but broken surgeon, is seduced by the Order. But when he is forced to commit an unspeakable "procedure", his guilt sets him on a collision course with his masters .
As their worlds collide, a hunted witness, a disgraced doctor, and a lone inspector must unite to expose the rot at the city's core. They are armed only with a secret journal, a packet of stolen ledgers, and damning proof that links the murders all the way to the Crown.
In a city that protects its masters, the only thing more dangerous than the Ripper... is the truth.