Relaxing in the Bohemian spa of Marienbad after a special secret mission on behalf of Kind Edward VII, Ian, Lord Arkely is appalled to overhear the sound of a woman being horribly beaten by a man in the adjacent hotel room. He discovers that the room is occupied by Prince Friederich of Wilzenstein and Her Royal Highness Princess Mariska. And peering out across the shared balcony he spies the young, slim, utterly beautiful, young Princess, clearly in desperate pain. Lord Arkley is aware that the Prince has been wheelchair bound since being terribly insured in an anarchist ...