The Gilded Wraith

From the author of the Silas Thorne books.

Vienna, 1882. The Empire glitters - but its shadows are deeper than ever.

Leopold Semmelweis, once a rising nobleman and decorated officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army, lives in disciplined obscurity after the war that cost him his arm and his place in the world. He believes his service is over. The Empire disagrees.

When a series of precise, ritualistic assassinations strikes the heart of Vienna's political reform movement, Semmelweis is summoned back into the machinery he thought he had escaped. Each killing bears the same signature: a single shot from a gold‑filigreed Volcanic pistol - a calling card belonging to a ghost the Bureau buried long ago.

To stop the next strike, Semmelweis must navigate a world of masked loyalties, underground networks, and the elegant brutality of imperial espionage. From fog‑choked alleys to the marble corridors of power, he is forced to confront the system that shaped him, the lover he lost to duty, and the assassin who knows the Empire's secrets too well.

As the countdown tightens, Semmelweis discovers that the true threat is not the man he hunts, but the machine that built them both.

A story of discipline, betrayal, and the violence wrapped in elegance - perfect for readers of historical thrillers, imperial intrigue, and atmospheric espionage.