TIME AND CHANCE HAPPEN TO US ALL

In 1802, a young queen discovers that Napoleon Bonaparte has woven her family into a dangerous web designed to advance his imperial ambition. Refusing to allow her daughter to become another victim of history, Maria Luisa of Etruria sets in motion a plan designed to protect her children long after she is gone.

More than two centuries later, Judge Elias “Ish” Saint receives a cryptic warning tied to a forgotten court filing—and a treasure someone is willing to kill to possess.

As Ish deciphers a trail of hidden clues, he is led from the French Quarter of New Orleans to the royal capitals of Napoleonic Europe. What begins as a bizarre puzzle soon uncovers a secret treaty, a stolen royal jewel, and a royal bloodline hidden for centuries.

But Ish is not the only one seeking to solve the puzzle. He is being pursued by a murderous billionaire collector with a gift for finding the impossible and a centuries-old brotherhood sworn to recover what was taken from their homeland.

As the distance between past and present collapses, Ish discovers that the treasure is more than a fortune.

It is proof capable of rewriting history.

Because some secrets survive empires.

Some promises survive generations.

And some deals may actually be too good to be true.