The Empire spread out from sea to sea like a huge, dozing beast. In its capital, the brilliant Aksamala, numerous spies and conspirators are weaving intrigues, and modest servants of secret investigation, the symbol of which is a bronze griffin, are fighting with them. In the luxurious brothel “Rose of Aksamala”, the destinies of three young people who came to the capital from different parts of the Empire intersect : an astrologer student, a guards officer and a highly paid prostitute. They intersect for one evening and disperse, so that over time they will weave into a complex pattern, the background of which will be spy games and rebellions, battles and campaigns...