In the dark underbelly of Victorian London a boy named Joe scavenges for scrapsin the ratinfested sewers of the East End. They call it toshing. Viciouslyexploi... » 

In the dark underbelly of Victorian London a boy named Joe scavenges for scrapsin the ratinfested sewers of the East End. They call it toshing. Viciouslyexploited by the women he knows as Mother a monstrous criminal mastermind whocontrols everything in the boys small world Joe scrapes a living in a citywhere no one can be trusted. Then a chance encounter with a runaway girl anda madman turns Joes world upside down. But is it a change for the better or arethings about to get a lot worse for the boy they call Joe Rat? «