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The year is 548, and Empress Theodora is useless of disease. Such is the belief of everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire - everyone except Emperor Justinian, who requests John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her murderer or suffer the consequences. There is absolutely no sign of bad play, but lots of the aristocrats at the imperial court docket had good reason to want Theodora useless. Suspects include General Artabanes, pressured to occupy a house with an unloved better half, and Justinian's cousin Germanus, who may have seen his career blocked. Also suspect are Antonina and her spouse, General Belisarius, enraged by Theodora's attempt to marry their little princess to her grandson by convincing the young few to live along. Could the exiled and much hated former duty collector John the Cappadocian have played out a role? Might Gaius, palace medical professional, have tampered with Theodora's medication? Pope Vigilius, who was detained in the administrative centre anticipated to a religious controversy, is not above suspicion. Even friends of John god, the father Chamberlain are performing strangely, including Anatolius the legal professional and Felix, captain of the palace guards. As though it isn't difficult enough to get a murderer who appears to be a figment of the emperor's grief-deranged creativeness, John must also grapple with local upheavals. His little princess, living on an estate outside of the city, is about to give beginning, and his increasing age servant, Peter, is dying. Will John be able to provide justice, his family members, and the emperor?
