Finley Chase is a complicated man. A private eye, a university drop-out and a practicing mage. Like all mages he’s also an addict, and when a brush with the law makes him the prime suspect in a horrific multiple homicide, he decides the only way to prove his innocence is to utilize his dwindling assortment of magical keepsakes and find the true killer. Locating the one responsible proves more difficult than he ever imagined, however, and his prey continues to wreak havoc across London.