Philip Wermeer has escaped from prison where he serves a sentence for the murder of Ebenezer Saxon who in his turn is believed to be behind the murder of Wermeer 's father .
Ebenezer Saxon is the patriarch of Saxon city .
Philip Wermeer has escaped from prison where he serves a sentence for the murder of Ebenezer Saxon , the patriarch of Saxon city , who in his turn is believed to be behind the murder of Wermeer 's father .