Gideon Spencer could not believe his luck. He'd just landed his dream job as head curator of the Bates Natural History Museum and his on-again, off-again romance with Avery Archer was definitely back on. Just when he thought things could not get any better, a serendipitous meeting with a mysterious Englishman leads to a terrifying adventure that lands him at Herlong Manor-a place lost in time somewhere between Gainesville, Florida and Hell.