"Their plan is set and it is simple: hold out for as long as possible and try not to die."
In this, the final instalment in the Caecilius Rex saga, the young detective and his ally Kendra Nai return to her home base at Lachrymosa: the location that promises to shed light on the workings of the evil crime magnate The Face.
Also lurking in the smoky shadows of the military mountainside is Julius Cadinsky, a scientist with an awful lot to answer for. What new secrets and lies will Cae uncover at the very end of his investigation?
Will he even survive to unravel them all?