Detective. Judge. Executioner.In an icy, Victorianesque world, a harsh god rules, and He has one law: a life for a life.Konrad Savast is the Malykant: detective, judge and executioner in one. It's kill and be killed in Konrad's world, and his unhappy duty to mete out his Master's implacable justice.When three people turn up dead, their immortal souls missing, Konrad s got a strange case on his hands. And it s clear that it s got something to do with the theft of a great and valuable diamond from one of Ekamet s wealthiest citizens The supernatural meets classic murder mystery in this tale of dark justice, deduction and black magic.