Habsburg Vienna, 1772. With nothingin her purse, Sophie Rathenau can't refuse work, even from a down-at-heel pimp.But tracing the woman who's gone off with his document isachancy business. Agang of Prussian maniacs are hunting for it too, as well as thugs from the shadowyVersaillesClub, and a Polish countess desperate topreserve hercountry. Caught up in an international conspiracy, Sophie's only weapons are her sardonic tongue and an old cavalry pistol. But it'll take more than those to find the dispatch, keep a vengeful Chancellor at bay, and dealwith a past that threatens to engulf her....