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Nicolaos is commissioned to find the assassin responsible for the death of Ephialtes, the politician who had turned Athens into a democracy days before, but with Pericles, Ephialtes former lieutenant, looking over his shoulder, and his twelve-year-old brother, Socrates, making frequent suggestions, Nicolaos wonders if he can solve the case and save democracy.

Twelve-year-old Myrtle Hardcastle's plans to bring her father and governess together are jeopardized when she investigates a murder and cursed treasure on a Scottish Island, and finds herself being hunted by another who will stop at nothing to find the treasure for themselves.