When a young girl escapes the underworld, she seeks refuge with Silex the gargoyle and his human assistant Craig. Her presence soon forces Craig and Silex to tangle with a fallen angel and supernatural hounds. The story unfolds against the moody backdrop of Scotland in the 1930s, where Silex solves crimes as a way of seeking redemption. "Sanctuary" also features the infamous grave robbers Burke and Hare and other historical scoundrels who return to the land of the living in this work of dark fantasy.