The fourth in the Broken Sword series, Broken Sword: The Angel of Death, finds the accidental adventurer George Stobbart down on his luck. Having been blacklisted after the Dragon incident was classified as mass hysteria; George is unable to keep his business as a patent lawyer and is forced to toil as a bail bondsman. Yet, he still hasn't lost his luck with beautiful women and when a femme fatale, Anna Maria, arrives at Big Bro's Bail Bonds with an ancient manuscript and fleeing from a pack of thugs the adventure begins!