It is 1854 and Edwin Maussade wishes to be the master of his own destiny, not at the mercy of a distant family patriarch. Some eleven years later after he dutifully follows a path that leads him into the family banking business, Edwin transforms into the rising star of the international conglomerate, The Massaude Banking Institution. After a Faerie foretells that Maussade is destined to play a pivotal role in European social history, Maussade and two agents of Her Majesty's government are propelled into a case that leaves them vulnerable to attacks at every turn. Now it is up to them to eliminate the threat before Great Britain falls. In this sweeping Victorian fantasy, weaponry and romance mix side-by-side with mage battles and man-to-man combat as the team moves toward its final battle.