A nobel prize-winning genetic researcher has died--now his vast fortune, victorian mansion, and darkest secrets will be passed on to jim stevens. An orphan, jim hopes the inheritance is a clue to his unknown origins. But...A nobel prize-winning genetic researcher has died--now his vast fortune, victorian mansion, and darkest secrets will be passed on to jim stevens. An orphan, jim hopes the inheritance is a clue to his unknown origins. But his family and friends are plagued with apocalyptic warnings: "The evil one is coming".