Nicola Tesla is on the run, accused of the attempted murder of Thomas Edison. Too many people know too much about Tesla's plans, and have too much access to the Serbian inventor's devices.Michael Cooper-Smythe, is a man of many layers; devoted husband, loving father, retired public servant, and Queen Victoria's private spymaster. Healthy people are dropping dead, and the sudden death of a Russian diplomat instigates a purge of Naval Intelligence threatening to dismantle the empire's clandestine operations. Special contractors and loyal operatives are made redundant or forced to become rogue agents-a suicidal prospect in a world in chaos after a chemical and biological war devastated the continental European empires. To find Tesla, to protect his family and the Empire, Cooper-Smythe finds that he needs agents and allies.It would helpful if he could find someone he could trust.