About the book: 2017 / Welcome to the Great Axon Empire! Here, cabs and omnibuses are still rolling along the streets of the glorious city of Bromley, but underground the metro is already noisy. Here in the alley you can meet a wandering fortune teller - or a noble countess, and if luck turns out, you can get stabbed in the side. Here the turn of the century passes and after the era of horses comes the age of steam locomotives, and then the first electric cars are in a hurry, urging progress with impatient horns. And in the heart of the city, the capital’s most desirable coffee shop, “Old Nest,” has hospitably opened its doors, but its owner has no time for social entertainment right now. Miraculously surviving the assassination attempt, Lady Virginia meets Detective Ellis - an impudent, rude man and by no means a gentleman. And now a new era begins in her destiny, and for better or for worse - only time will tell…