In October 1609, Flóra Fabricius, the daughter of a doctor from Bratislava, arrives at the court of Erzsébet Báthori to look for her missing sister. If he had known what awaited him, he might not have set out.

He soon learns that nothing is what it seems and nothing is certain except death. Who is moving the threads? Who is the one who influences the events and doesn't shy away from murder?

He needs all his strength to overcome the obstacles and untangle the dark secret hidden within the walls of the Czeit Castle.
She can count on only one person, a dubious, yet extremely attractive man from Italy, who she doesn't know exactly who he is or why he's helping her.

Angelika R. Kelényi, Terézanyu Prize-winning writer, set in the beginning of the 17th century, tells an adventurous, exciting and blood-curdling story, placed in a historical background of the period.
As we have become accustomed to from him, his writing is not without romance and political intrigue.