A gothic tale filled with mystery and love

Hazel Sinett is a young woman who wishes to become a surgeon more than to get married.

Jack Kurer is a body snatcher who is just trying to survive in a city where it is tragically easy to die.

When they meet by chance outside the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Hazel initially pays no attention. However, when she is dismissed from the classes of the renowned surgeon William Bicham because she is a woman, she realizes that her new acquaintance may ultimately be useful. For Hazel has made a deal with Dr. Bicham: if she manages to pass the exams on her own, he will allow her to continue her career as a doctor. But, without attending the official classes, Hazel will need more than her books to pass; she will need dead bodies to study.

Fortunately for her, she has just met someone who digs them up for a living. However, Jack has his own problems: strange men lurk in the cemeteries, his friends are disappearing from the streets, and the dreadful Roman fever, which killed thousands of people a few years ago, seems to have returned with a vengeance. No one seems to care – only Hazel.

Now she and Jack must work together to uncover the secrets hidden not only within the nameless graves but also in the heart of Edinburgh's very society.