The Ruins of San Francisco

In the spring of 1906, a young Englishman arrives in San Francisco at the request of his wealthy uncle.

Once there, Hugh Brimley finds himself at the heart of a murder investigation, where it seems that almost anybody in this vast and beautiful city could be responsible - from political radicals, to corrupt policemen; from the pampered rich, to the desperately poor.

All the while, deep beneath the earth on which San Francisco rests, an almighty rupture is about to occur that will become known as the greatest natural disaster in American history - and will leave an entire city in ruins.