Sixteen-year-old Charlemagne Westridge has always lived a sheltered life as the son of a prestigious noble family, and he has never imagined his life would be anything but perfect. However, in the blink of an eye, Charlemagne's illusion of a perfect life is shattered. After making a contract with the devil, Charlemagne escapes death from yellow fever, but at a high price: every night, for the rest of his life, he will have to take the life of one other person. In a split second, the polarities of Charlemagne's world are reversed, and now he has to be not only the perfect son, but also the perfect killer. Masked by his new identity, the Ravensbourne Murderer sets out killing prostitutes to satisfy the conditions of his contract. Deep down, Charlemagne knows he must find a way to break free of his contract before he loses himself in the pursuit of his own twisted reality, but he is aware that the only way out is death-the fate he traded his own soul to avoid-and, after that, only an eternity in Hell to pay for his mistakes.