In 1891, a seventeen-year-old girl and her brother stumble across a ruined Visigoth sepulchre. As she peels back the layers of the past she uncovers the existence of a unique deck of tarot cards that are rumoured to hold the power of life and death. One hundred and sixteen years later Meredith Martin, who is seeking her own legacy, becomes immersed in the story of a tragic love, a missing girl, an unquiet soul, and the strange events of one cataclysmic night more than a century ago.