Philadelphia, 1850s. After her best friend Kitty msteriously dies, orphaned Molly Green is sent away to live with her wealthy aunt. Ava intends to share her wealth and her secrets with Molly – for a price. She has built her empire by robbing graves and selling the bodies to medical students who need them to practice surgical procedures. Ava wants Molly to help fetch the bodies, but Molly is soon deeply fascinated by the anatomy lessons held by Ava’s friend Dr. Francis LaValle. Molly wants to study anatomy as well but the cost of inclusion is steep with a murderer loose in the city. Soon the pursuit of knowledge and power becomes a deadly dance …
