The year is 1865. Falsely imprisoned for high treason, Captain John Ashton awaits execution by hanging - but instead finds himself on the run from the law and desperate to redeem his good name. Ashton assumes the guise of Spring Heeled Jack, an agile, phantomesque figure of folklore, and begins a campaign of harassment and intimidation against those who framed him. Quickly, however, he finds himself drawn into the intrigues of London's shadow-world,...