London is dirty distant and dangerous but thats where orphan Tom Falconer is heading. And hes got a whole assortment of vicious criminals hot on his heels. Tom is helpless and alone until he meets Moll Cutpurse a thirteen-year-old pickpocket. Together they find themselves chased across the city by the murderous Ratsey. But its only on the first night of a new play - The Devil and his Boy - that Tom realizes that the fate of the Queen and indeed the entire country rests in his hands.
