The second book in Count Averin's investigative series.

Several girls disappear in St. Petersburg, while the headless corpse of a murdered diva is pulled from under the ice. Human law still doesn't prohibit the torture and murder of divas, and Count Averin will do everything to achieve justice. Together with Kuzya, he searches for a connection between the murder and the girls' disappearance. Emperor Alexander V himself has become interested in the case. But what if his new assignment puts the lives of Averin and his loved ones at risk?