A mystery story with elements of a spy thriller
The search for a rare icon brings agents from a special department of the Russian counter-intelligence service to Prague. Together with a member of the local secret service, they discover that the death of a Czech professor is connected to an ancient secret. The key to solving it lies in the Second World War and perhaps even deeper in history, in the Prague of Emperor Rudolf II.
How are the monstrous Nazi experiments connected to the experiments of Rudolfine alchemists? Who will decipher the code of the world's most mysterious manuscript? The key to these mysteries and more is Dragon's Blood.
