Henry Morgan, the Gofer of an Elder God named Mr. Smith is asked to look into a sudden illness plaguing several child in Manhattan. While trying to sort this mess out Henry uncovers a plot that could erase the world as he know it.
With the civil war looming, a Boston newsman and a Harvard undergrad team up to solve three mysterious murders--of a harmless beekeeper who’s a friend of Charles Darwin, a wordly French naturalist, and a beautiful, talented fugitive slave.