Scarlet pimpernel and Sherlock Holms eat you heart out, what unfolds turns out to be his toughest challenge yet. Although possessing a cockney lilt he can verbally adapt his speech to address any situation he is confronted with. A unique bond develops between him and his doppelganger foreman Stuart. Romance weaves its way in to complicate matters and heads are put on the block. Being orthodox is not his penchant, rules and regulations are there to be broken and being of a unique character he breaks many. After all there's 50 million US at stake. Who is the Soothsayer and who is the Puppet Master? This develops into a crime with a plot more complex than Hampton Court Maze.