The fallen once ruled this world, but people overthrew their tyranny and created a powerful empire with colonies spread throughout the world. The power of the mother country is stronger than ever, but its past is dark and its future uncertain. Old secrets can instantly destroy everything that has been created over the years, because neither armadas of battleships nor airships loaded with bombs can save from betrayal. The key to one of these secrets, by inheritance and by chance, goes to Leopold Orso, a former detective police officer, and now a private detective. His talent for excellence is capable of reviving fears, but he will not help to extricate himself from the web of other people’s intrigues. Loss threatens to turn into inevitable death, victory beckons with a ghostly chance to survive, the soul is corroded by carefully forgotten memories. But he just wanted to receive the inheritance due by right of birth.