Jaded detective John Verney is on the trail of an ancient cult of Plague Doctors which is cutting a bloody swathe through the London underworld. Dismissed by his superiors as gang on gang killings, the murders draw Verney into an obsessive maze of a secret society conspiracy with links to the Jack The Ripper murders of 1888, putting him and his family in grave danger. Above is ..其实电影本质是一个关于写作的故事，遭受瓶颈和拒绝，迷茫焦虑，和爱人朋友的冲突，遇到职业生涯的贵人都围绕着创作展开。