To some, Franz Anton Mesmer was a magician and a wizard; others believed he was a fraud and a charlatan. He stirred the minds of Austrian nobility of the eighteenth century with magnetic therapy, fantastic cures, and hypnosis. Fame and recognition coexisted with the treacherous plans of envious skeptics. Admirers from the highest ranks tried to win his favor. At one of the concerts that Franz Mesmer was invited to by his close friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he met the Empress’s goddaughter, Maria-Theresa von Paradies… The great Mesmer found true love, but ended up drawn into a dangerous conspiracy…