John returns to New London to find that Raytrena has once again found trouble. He finds that Lord Lith’s daughter has run off to elope. John drags Raytrena with him to save the girl’s reputation. When it turns out that Jack the Horrible is involved, they find even more trouble. As a gentleman named Arthur, who has his eye on Raytrena’s heart, goes missing they have to turn to theft to save him. But Arthur is not the only one who is interested in Raytrena. Strange men who move freely in the shadows have arrived on Hewitson Isle.