In the Nameless Kingdom, preparations are underway for war with a neighboring republic—at any cost, they must secure access to the Grey Sea and its trade routes. But the Most Bright Chancellor has another plan to solve this task. For it, all he needs is a key to the encrypted blueprints of an explosive device. The owner of the secret information plays her own game—until one day she is found murdered. Can the chancellor and his supporters achieve what they want? At stake are not only their lives, but the fate of the entire kingdom.