1798. Three people, two brutal murders, one promise. We're following in the footsteps of the Academy of the Lynx, the first Scientific Society in Europe, whose library was lost for centuries. Golo Eck is on its trail, heading for Holland; his friend Fergus tracks another part of it in Ireland, where he becomes embroiled in the Irish rebellion against English rule, including the very bloody Battle of New Ross. When Golo disappears...