The ancient streets and squares of London have seen a lot, but for the dead to come to life... Police Inspector Thomas Pitt could not remember anything like this when he was informed that one evening a dead man had arrived to seat a respectable couple in his cab... a dead man, and even two weeks ago, and even having lain for some time in a grave in the cemetery off Resurrection Row! Pitt never believed in supernatural forces or otherworldly horrors. This means that someone really needed to dig the dead man out of his grave and sit him on the cab's box. But why? Perhaps in this way to draw attention to the deceased and hint that he was helped to die? However, there are no signs of violence on the body. The matter became even more confusing when other dead people from the same cemetery began to “come to life” in approximately the same way. Complete mysteries! So far, Thomas feels only one thing for sure: all these resurrections are just the beginning of something truly mysterious and terrible...