The Jermyns have lived in their gothic estate in Cambridgeshire for centuries. Explorers and adventurers, they are a wild and violent bunch with a cursed, vile history. Until the birth of Arthur Jermyn. Arthur seems to possess a calmer, more intellectual side. These two halves seem to war for possession of Arthur's soul as he researches his family's past, hoping to find an origin for its wicked ways. He soon discovers the source for which even he could never have imagined.