London 1938, a secret order known as the Benedictine Brotherhood, charged with protecting humanity from a world of dark curses are vulnerable. Forced to relocate the secret contents of Ad Firmamentum, a prized collection of mysterious antiquities known as The Vault, everything must go according to plan. Under the cover of night on New year’s Eve, two men are charged with transporting the sacred contents only to find their journey ambushed. Fighting to protect their cargo, there is more at play as a mysterious figure seems intent on retrieving a single artefact from the mysterious cargo, the key to an ancient evil locked away for centuries.
Could this be the events that sets the Iceman’s resurrection in motion?
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