Peace of mind is beginning to return to the recently widowed Apothecary John Rawlings, but it is short lived when a child disappears at the Hellstone Country Dance. On the trail of the missing girl, it seems that John's footsteps are dogged by a mysterious blind musician. Matters take a decidedly darker turn when a courtesan meets an untimely end and practitioners of the occult are unearthed on his travels. The discovery that his own daughter is in deadly peril leads John to a dramatic finale...