In the 1850s, in the slums of London, Daniel O'Thunder, a troubled but charismatic former prize-fighter turned evangelist, runs a safe house for those in need of food, shelter, prayer and good counsel. But in the dark streets an ancient evil is stirring, throwing into peril the lives of the city's most vulnerable souls. O'Thunder, no longer young but still wielding a right fist dubbed "The Hammer of Heaven,"; returns to the ring to start training for his greatest fight yet - with the Devil himself. Surrounding O'Thunder is a strange collection of admirers: Jack, a spectacularly failed cleric and actor who is the compiler of O'Thunder's story; Jaunty Rennert, a shady small-time operator and Nell, the prostitute who will carry her love for O'Thunder into the wilds of the Cariboo gold rush. Ian Weir is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright and novelist with over 100 television credits as a writer and executive producer. He lives in Langley.