Earl Ciel Phantomhive''s satisfaction in the successful conclusion of the case of the Noah''s Ark Circus is fleeting, as Queen Victoria''s very own butlers come marching into the Phantomhive manor and comandeer the house and all its residents for a lavish banquet sanctioned by Her Royal Highness. Preparations for such an event are quick work in the hands of the Phantomhive''s most able butler, Sebastian, but corralling eminent guests during his young master''s first ever attempt at playing host may prove to be rather more of a challenge. For this dinenr party is anything but, and as a stormy night batters the outside of the grand residence, a far more violent storm begins to unfurl within the confines of the manor...and no one is safe from the havoc it will wreak - not even one seemingly impervious manservant...