January 1721. London is reeling from the effects of the greatest financial scandal of the age - the collapse of the South Sea Bubble. William Spandrel, a penniless mapmaker, is offered a discharge of his debts if he will deliver a package to Amsterdam for the Director of the South Sea Company. When the package is delivered Spandrel discovers the recipient has been murdered and he soon realises he has been a pawn in several people's games. British...