'With the brutal Thirty Years' War broiling into the summer of 1619, Lieutenant Jack Channing takes on a cavalier's commission and pursues the malevolent Sebastian Grieux, who reclaims the parchments for the Bohemian rebels. While negotiating the attentions of Anezka, the Princess Stasna-Stechova and alluring chatelaine of Velesin Castle, and the distractions of Marianna, the countess that he adores, Jack searches for the casket and his nemesis, determined to recover the documents and preserve a reputation.' (Publication summary)
