In the world of organised crime, Stuart Cassidy, a small time criminal, is sent on a mission by his boss, Jimmy Silver, to Venice. There he must locate a tomb; but he soon discovers that it has been disturbed and desecrated with four black candles and a circle of salt placed around the coffin which is now empty…

Meanwhile, Silver’s Italian hitmen in England are being executed one by one and a single black rose is left at the scenes of the murders; a calling card with a single meaning and terror.

Who exactly is Sterling? Has she been resurrected to exact revenge upon the people who killed her? And how exactly do you hunt a down Victorian criminal mastermind still alive in the world today…?

Cassidy, trying to piece together all the details he has discovered, finds himself caught up in the very dark and dangerous world of organised crime, Hells Angels and the supernatural. Who can he trust and how can he survive?