Last Act in PalmyraI was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world. The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. Hes picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia the snake dancer as he searches for Sophrona, her lost water organist. With the Chief Spy Anacrites paying his fare, Falco knows anything can go wrong. A dangerous brush with the Brother, the sinister ruler of Nabataean Petra, sends

As past and present fuse ominously

CONVICTION

Introducing an irresistible new detective

I know it's ridiculous

Jai Seong Sin

In a sensual region of France

mysterious deaths have been taking place there

about an old unsolved murder

The Catholic Church fears he has pushed too far into the forbidden realm of heresy while the greatest powers in Christendom are concerned about the imperial line of succession

And they both desperately want revenge against the two men who destroyed their families

in his ninety-first year

Who better to come to her rescue than her oldest friend