In the fall of 1888, Jack the Ripper murdered five prostitutes in London's seamy Whitechapel District. He did not just kill - he desecrated with insane glee. Then, after the particularly gruesome slaying of Mary Jane Kelly, he disappeared. I, Ripper is a reimagining of Jack's personal story entwined with that of an Irish journalist who covered the case, knew the principals, charted the investigation, and at last, stymied, went off in a bold new direction. These two men stalk each other through a city twisted in fear of the madman's blade. -- From the publisher.