The Count de Saint Germain: alchemist, spy, wizard, thief. He's lived for centuries on his wits and his skill with a blade, but now he's discovered darker ways to thrive. On the order of his current master, the king of France—if anyone can be said to be Saint Germain's master save Lucifer—Saint Germain is tasked to start a new war in England by a convenient murder in the wild highlands of Scotland, still disturbed and unruly from the recent Jacobite Rebellion. But the Count has other plans, and even when he follows orders, he can never be trusted...