In a villa on the coast of Montenegro, Abby Cormac witnesses the brutal
murder of her lover, diplomat Michael Lascaris. The last thing she
remembers is a gun pointed directly at her. She wakes to find herself at
the centre of a diplomatic nightmare. Everyone wants an answer but no
one wants to listen. Even her employers at the Foreign Office believe
she's hiding something. She is completely alone. As Abby tries to piece
together the last few months of Michael's life in order to get at the
truth, she soon realises that he wasn't quite what he seemed. What
exactly was his relationship with one of the most ruthless men in the
Balkans - a war criminal who has never been brought to justice? And what
links Michael's gift to her of a gold necklace with its Christian
monogram, a 4th century manuscript left in the shadow of Emperor
Constantine's palace at Trier and an inscription on a tomb in Rome? When
Abby investigates further, it becomes clear that someone wants to
suppress a secret, one that has been kept hidden for centuries. And they
will stop at nothing to do so...
