Matthew and Diana return from their trip to 1590 to find tragedy has occurred at Sept-Tours. They are closer to knowing the location of the Book of Life and its missing pages, but enemies from their past and present are threatening from all sides.

Roland is an academic researcher who discovers some important letters written by a famous Victorian poet, Randolph Henry Ash. Ash was presumed to have been totally devoted to his wife, but Roland finds letters written to another unnamed woman, and soon determines that the intended recipient was another, less well-known poet, Christabel LaMotte. Roland contacts Maud, an expert on LaMotte's life and work. Despite her skepticism, the two begin to investigate,...