For three years, Gunjo has sat rotting in an East Angelian prison for stealing the Crystal Spgylass from the Royal Depository. Unable to locate the artifact, Queen Vittoria grants him a conditional release with the mandate--find the Spyglass or join his fellow conspirators on the gallows.
As time runs out, his contacts are dropping dead.
It will take a miracle to clear this case and find the Spyglass before their enemies discover it and covert it to the weapon of mass destruction it was designed to be.