London, 1812. After the brutal massacre of eight former prostitutes in a Quaker asylum near Covent Garden, only one woman survived and the only witness was the reform supporter Hero Jarvis, the daughter of Lord Jarvis, the powerful cousin of the Prince Regent. While the Machiavellian, insidious and influential father suppresses any official inquiry that could reveal the presence of his daughter in such an inappropriate place, the girl undertakes her own investigation, turning to Sebastian Saint-Cyr, Viscount Devlin for help. Having concluded an uneasy alliance, Gero and Sebastian follow behind a chain of clues leading from the docks and cheap brothels of London's East End to the fashionable mansions of Mayfair, hiding the dark secrets of high-born families. Risking their lives and reputation, this couple must stop the killer, whose sinister plan threatens to shake the foundations of the British Empire. Translation carried out on the website Translation: lesya-lin Editing: codeburgerThe text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.