England 1888 - Estranged from his wife and lured into madness by the effects of laudanum, and the darkness of melancholy, Sir James Addison, a notable English poet and gentleman, moves from his elaborate estate in Oxfordshire and sequesters himself in the seedy borough of Soho, in London. As Jack the Ripper rampages the streets, Sir James is harried by the ghosts of the Ripper's victims, tormented by the shadowy spectre of death, and fearful of the persistant presence of a large raven with white, glowing eyes. As his memory has lapsed and death is meandering, he is forced to flee to Yorkshire with his friend and confidant, Cornelius Ingram, but after his arrival at 'Windham House', he discovers that the raven has followed and death is waiting.