It is a city full of people living in the shadows. The street urchin Geoff, who lives in a pigeon loft. His beautiful sister Jezebel, who serves beer in a disreputable pub. The artist James Hollar, who paints a picture of her. The crook Ray Webster, who goes from thief to poet. People obsessed with art, with religion, with hatred or the sheer hunger for life. A murder on the Thames, a strange hermit in a cemetery, a gravestone that tells an old story of guilt and atonement. From this mixture comes the spark that will set all of London on fire.
