A Veil of Sunbeams

A staff member of His Majesty’s special service, Baroness Amalia Korff, didn’t like working for other agencies. But what could she do, if the help was requested by the resident himself of Russian intelligence in France! Amalia received a more than strange assignment: to follow how the brilliant chemist, Viscount de Bota(n)ranche, would die. No one had any doubts about the scientist’s inevitable death in a duel at the hands of a British agent—Colonel Worthington. But something unexpected happened—Bota(n)ranche put the seasoned soldier Worthington down with a single shot! An unexpected twist, yet Amalia’s assignment was completed, and it seemed she could forget about that strange affair—only it wasn’t that simple. This unusual duel set off a chain of consequences: Amalia’s partner disappeared, and she had to take part in the search, during which she unexpectedly for herself became very closely acquainted with the brother of the murdered colonel…