Publisher's Synopsis
In 1780s London, it is not just the living who are prey to criminals and cutpurses. Corpses, too, are fair gamedug up from fresh graves and sold to unscrupulous men of science. Dr. Thomas Silkstone abhors such methods, but his leading rival, Dr. John Hunter, has learned of the imminent death of eight-foot-tall Charles Byrne and will go to any lengths to obtain the body for his research.
