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Vi e(.nna, [1920. The.]# Austr#o-Hungarian Empire h(%as collaps-[]e\d./ Peter Perg retu`(rns home from the Gr]eat War, after # se ( ven?- years a,#s (a R* (u ssian# POW. Vienna is experienc_ (_ in(*g the mult # ip.-l icity of=`*^ ,#p]_olitical.:,@_- socia l and ??art[*@istic freedom, :but [al=s] $.o the ri) se of ant*i-!@ d *_emocrati@c movem e/ nts, insecurity and unemplo/-y\(m ^ent. :*Peter,)`[ a;, f`!%%ormer ) pol/:_ice] inspec=?to +)`r]., feels lik$*;e a^ +_ str @anger i* n the] new Aus[=t(rian Rep$%=ub ^lic. W.[h ile wantin$ g to lea==ve */to wn, Peter is confronted, with t:_ he murde r of on;-e of his f/orm:er co*mrades. He de )`cide\s:)] to [+^stay a +!^nd i-nste./*ad bring the killer to just=i ce$. His ally) is Dr. Th /!eresa Körner, a determined and cool-headed fore+-nsic do^+ ctor. The t \wo ar;* [ e linked not only by thi$?s (=c@[ase,\:)/ but ^(also by a deeper@[=, sh] ared^ hist]/(ory. As their inve*+#stigation progre`-sses, they rea lise that they are .)no[$t jus\t : @up agains[t% a systema.t?[i c \\kille%r,-/ who@ tor\?tures his vic#-[tims#, but al,:so face ` disappr\o ,-va@* -@l an+ #d in.)trigue from within t he polic -e force. Thoug ,!h dete@ (rmined to ^ solve t^he c%ri/ me, P*e =ter, harbou#.?ring his own\_, secrets, inc;?reasingl:--y be#%comes t:-orm ! ented by existe.^ntial quest %io=ns What is trut[ )h @ `What is *+h:eroism in the time of wa ;r And a%%ll ? +\the whil=+e he fails_%, to see the mounting d@.ange(+=r before \(h/im.