The long-awaited continuation of the debut novel of the Swedish writer Niklas Natt-o-Dag "1793", which conquered Sweden and then the whole world! Evil has not left Stockholm A young girl is brutally murdered on her wedding night. Her nobleman husband is suspected of a terrible crime. However, the mother of the unfortunate woman does not believe in the accusations and asks for help from the one-armed Kardel, a private in the morality police. The investigation takes him back into the dark abyss of Stockholm, and he discovers that the city is more dangerous than ever. Plunge into the dark world of the 18th century, where cruelty and mercy, humiliation and pride, ugliness and beauty are intertwined.