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Detective Chief Inspector John Shadow is reluctantly attending York Minster’s Advent Ceremony when the new Dean is taken ill after drinking wine. Was her allergic reaction a simple case of human error or could she have been poisoned? Shadow becomes suspicious when he learns someone else has died under similar circumstances. He begins to quietly investigate, but when the body of a young woman is recovered from the river, he knows he must act quickly. And this time, Shadow requires the help of someone from his past.

Prag 1820: Der lebenshungrige Student Balduin träumt von seinem gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg und einer Liaison mit der Komtesse Margit. Auf das Angebot des ominösen Scapinelli, ihm hunderttausend Gulden gegen einen Gegenstand in Balduins Studentenbude zu überlassen, geht dieser daher leichten Herzens ein. Zu spät merkt Balduin, dass er dem Teufel persönlich sein Spiegelbild verkauft hat, und dieses jetzt ein todbringendes Eigenleben führt.

Jessica (Jess) Jamison is a genius, a beautiful, highly introverted, young woman who can count her friends on her thumbs. Seven years ago, Vince left, shattering her heart. Now Jess has a Computer Science degree and still prays her childhood soulmate will come home. If he’s willing to reconcile their relationship, Jess can help Vince take the reins of Virtuality. But why is someone trying to kill Vince and her? And could Professor Scoggins be right—that, in the wrong hands, Virtuality’s technology could shred the fabric of civilization, and stopping it may literally take an act of Congress?