"Way will open."She is Artifice.A resurrected criminal and agent of HRH Prince Albert's Secret Commission.An artificial ghost.A Quaker.He is Jim Dastard.The oldest surviving agent of the Secret Commission.An animated skull.A mentor to newly resurrected agents.It is 1880 in a mechanical and supernatural London. Agents of Prince Albert's Secret Commission, their criminal pasts wiped from their memories, are resurrected to fight the eldritch evils that threaten England. Amidst this turmoil, Jim Dastard and his new partner Artifice must stop a re-animationist raising murderous dead children. As Art and Jim pursue their quarry, Art discovers clues about her past self, and through meeting various intriguing women—a journalist, a medium, a prostitute, and a mysterious woman in black—where her heart lies. Yet the question remains: What sort of criminal was she? A new beginning, a new identity, and new dangers await Art as she fights for the Secret Commission and for her second life.