What secret put behind the Marsh Phantoms, the riders whose quiet approach in the darkness of the Romney Marshes that were unwelcoming induces men to die of fright? Are they perhaps even a cover or an authentic manifestation for smuggling actions that are illegal. Perhaps the benign vicar of Dymchurch's village, doctor Blyss, knows the truth about the pirate and smuggler who may unravel the curse of Captain Clegg's phenomenon and stays buried at the village graveyard.