Wayland Hall, descendant of the Hall family who owned the modest Coach and Horses hotel in the original novel, inherits the now-sizable hotel complex from his dying grandfather ... along with three mysterious books. These books document a part of Iping''s history, and validate one of its oldest legends. Driven to decipher the many secrets within, Wayland elects to track down someone who is able to duplicate the experiment ... and who better than the great-nephew of the original mad scientist himself? Does insanity ... and invisibility ... run in the family? Which of these two men will be set up for a fall, and which will inherit ... the legacy of the Invisible Man?