Thorndike Press, 2005. — 318 p. — (Inspector Faro 12). — ISBN: 0786269804.
Jeremy Faro's plans of traveling across Germany with his writer companion Imogen Crowe are shattered when the life of the heir apparent of Luxoria is threatened. The boy is at a boarding school in Scotland and Faro is delegated by Royal Command to restore him to his troubled kingdom. The journey is hazardous, danger abounds, and a secret about the boy's birth could destroy them all.