A historical thriller spanning time, places and people with a plot of murder and of family, with links to historical events. It is a story of suspense, of conflict and of love intertwining the fortunes and tribulations of four families - three European and one American in rural Kansas with a Bohemian heritage, all with connections to historical events going back four hundred years. The settings of the novel move from Singapore to Germany, to Austria, to the Bohemian areas of the Czech Republic, to Kansas, to France and Italy, with a backdrop of happenings dealing with conflicts and their resolution over time in castle towns and cities of old Bohemia, and the prospect of an elaborately planned contemporary murder based on those happenings in the history of that area of Europe.