Vienna. 1909. Where passion and scandal toppled an empire Mysterious packages of aphrodisiac pills sent to the cream of the Imperial Austrian Officer corps... a scandal of lust and shame that spread from the humblest barracks to the bedrooms of the Emperor's palace...and at the center of a web of deception and corruption, a brilliant, ruthless young man, his beautiful wife, his enslaved mistress, and his diabolical plan of vengeance and ambition...