I managed to seriously throw off the plans of the dark magicians, but now new tasks are waiting for me. I’m headed to the Imperial Academy—the best educational institution in the Russian Empire. But it seems I’m not very welcome at the Academy. Assassination attempts follow one after another. A conspiracy is brewing around the Emperor. But my enemies are wasting their time thinking I’m a pampered aristocrat.
Behind my deceptive appearance hides Captain Cheyne—the one who is used to looking death in the eyes. And death always looks away first…