In late-1920s Britain, Elliott attends an elite university as the stand-in for the son of a wealthy family. He also visits his blind, unrelated sister while pretending to be her biological brother. When the beautiful Sigmund Vertigo appears, the secrets surrounding Elliott and the hidden truth within an aristocratic family begin to unravel.

A gothic-tinged fantasy mystery set in 1920s Britain, following a young man living as a substitute and the secrets of an aristocratic family.