Theodore Archibald, paranormal claims investigator, and gifted scribe mage of The Inquirers has, quite reluctantly, taken on yet another post; that of mentor. A sense of obligation has led the normally solitary Theo to take on an unlikely apprentice. Max is an orphan of the dark, port city of Bermingtown. A once promising coastal centre reduced to ash, violence, and a seductive black faith. The resourceful Max survived the dangerous ruins with youthful bravado and the foul mouthed quips of his penny dreadful heroes, until a chance encounter with Theo starts him down a path not even his fertile imagination could've predicted. Now, Master and apprentice, Theo must teach his young ward how to navigate this strange new world and the protocols of preternatural investigations as they take on the mysterious case of, The Cheshire Manor!.