Welcome to Oldnon, a dark reflection of Georgian London. This is a gloomy place, a human anthill, where progress goes hand in hand with medieval obscurantism, a place full of strange creatures and various human vices. In his search for his missing wife, Edward Saul is forced to look into the darkest corners of this city—and his own mind. Along the way, Sol manages to be a member of a street gang, making cartridges and bombs, a chemical manufacturer, a sailor sold to a warship, a naval war veteran, almost becomes a victim of the Inquisition, and encounters terrible monsters - all in order to find his runaway wife and understand... what are the true reasons for their common macabre sleep.