Michael Gregorio Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Set against the backdrop of Napoleonic wars, an investigator is tasked with solving the mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders of amber collectors in Prussia. As Hanno Stiffeniis delves into the case, he grapples with the implications of his findings on his country's fate. This dark and intelligent narrative weaves historical themes of nationalism and humanism, exploring the tension between superstition and science. The story is part of a compelling series of historical mysteries that vividly depict a tumultuous past.

<div> <div> <div><div><p><i>An International Bestseller and Playboy Best Book of 2006</i></p><p>It has been years since Immanuel Kant’s landmark philosophical work, <i>Critique of Pure Reason</i>, brought him fame throughout Europe and made him Königsberg’s best-known citizen. Now, rumors have begun to surface of a new work by this aging but still acute mind. Yet unlike his earlier work, this book will not examine the mind of the average man, but the mind of the serial killer.</p><p>Detective Hanno Stiffeniis has been called to the city to find the culprit in an enigmatic string of murders. Are they part of a plot formed by Napoleon’s spies to undermine the Prussian king, or the work of a solitary killer? The case would seem unsolvable, were it not for the assistance and unmatched intellect of his mentor, Immanuel Kant. Together the young detective and the elderly, eccentric philosopher must track down the killer who has the city by the throat.</p><p>Atmospheric, entertaining, and intelligent, this acclaimed novel is sophisticated, page-turning crime at its best.</p></div> </div> </div> </div>

Three children are massacred in their beds. The crushed corpse of their mother is discovered in a dockside warehouse. Hanno Stiffeniis, a Prussian magistrate, goes to investigate, but everything begins to unwind. Serge Lavedrine, a criminologist attached to the invading French army, steps in to resolve the mystery, and Stiffeniis is packed off to collect the husband from a remote fortress on the Russian border. But the husband, Bruno Gottewald, is dead and buried - killed while out on field manoeuvres. In less than a week the entire Gottewald family has been wiped off the face of the earth. A tragic coincidence? A military conspiracy involving Prussian troops? Or are the French using the massacre to expand their power?

Napínavý detektivní thriller se odehrává v roce 1804 na pozadí dramatických událostí při vpádu Napoleonovy armády do Pruska. Mladý vyšetřující soudce Hanno Stiffeniis přijíždí do pruského města Královce objasnit sérii podivných vražd. Po příjezdu na místo však ke svému překvapení zjišťuje, že nebyl povolán panovníkem, ale proslulým filozofem Immanuelem Kantem, neboť on je skutečným vyšetřovatelem záhadných zločinů, které postupně ochromily život ve městě. Záhy po Stiffeniisově příchodu umírají další lidé, obětí neznámého zloducha se má stát i soudce. Aby odhalil skutečný důvod svého povolání do Královce, musí Hanno vyřešit i vlastní minulost, jejímž přízrakům se snaží uniknout. Kniha je prvním příběhem ze série kriminálních románů zasazených do Pruska, v nichž vystupuje Hanno Stiffeniis.