"1860: Charles Darwin is at the centre of a storm. Admirers and detractors of the naturalist's seminal work face off in bitter debate. That's when he is contacted by the British government to conduct a sensitive investigation. Several especially gruesome murders have been committed in Yorkshire, and suspicions point towards an unknown predator. In that land marked by the struggle between modernity and obscurantism, Darwin is plunged into a maelstrom of intrigue and violence. Despite the many pitfalls in his path, he comes ever closer to the truth... a terrifying truth that could overturn all of his beliefs and cost him his life"--Issue 1, p. [4] of cover.