Edinburgh, 1817. Hazel Sinnett has a desperate dream to become a surgeon. Disallowed from lectures for being a woman, Hazel makes a deal: if she can pass the medical examination, she'll be allowed to enroll in the university. But to pass, she'll need experience--she'll need bodies. Luckily for her, she's just had a chance run in with Jack Currer, a resurrection man whose job is to dig up the dead. Their partnership, however, is marred by the disappearances of men like Jack...