A murdered ballerina...a family of vengeful vampires...and a glittering coronation in Imperial Russia.
Moscow in the springtime is an unhealthy place for a fugitive Grand Duke like Vasily Nikolaevich Romanov. But Molly Dark is learning to trust the ex-vampire prince, who hasn't betrayed her quite as often as she expected.
Besides, there are plenty of good reasons to visit Russia this year.
There's the missing ballerina whose unquiet ghost demands justice.
There's the new tsar's spectacular coronation, which every royal monster in Europe is scheduled to attend.
And there's the irresistible opportunity to get the secret police off Grand Duke Vasily's trail once and for all.
It could even go well... if Vasily wasn't bent on stealing back at least some of his lost fortune out from under the noses of his family, who in addition to being bloodthirsty vampires, are all completely bonkers.
Never mind about the resentful ex-fiancee he forgot to mention...