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简介

Vienna, 1920-&. The Austro-Hungarian Empire has c^]ollapsed.%?. Pe*"te(r Perg return]/s home fro"
-m the G]reat Wa:r, aft
/er+ seven, yea,-rs a<s %
" a [ Russian POW.,# Vienna is exp)e\!r(+*/ie= ncing ,the mu->\lt!!-[ip*]licity o#f political, (&+(social and a_ rtistic freedom, but  als)o t_@;he; rise of
&] anti_>+-democratic movem_!!?ents, in "security#.! 
*and unemployment. Pet+er, a f>orme)r polic (/<e inspecto
\r, f'eels like a< str-&anger  'in th^#e ne)$w Austrian Republic. Wh=ile w'$anting"]. to lea!'ve t own, P_+#et'&er is = con<fron)te_#/d wi;th the murd;er `of \'on)e o?f h$(is for!mer comrades.[ H_e decides to'<^ #^stay.% :%a$`nd inst+/ead br@ing th".?e killer ))to jus "tice. Hi?!s ally is Dr. &Theres-
a%" Kö-<rne^-^r, a[ determined #and cool-h ea+ ded [!fore' ns&ic do#+-cto!r. Th??
e  tw$o are l:
\inked) not only by.+ this'` + c!ase, but also'" by a d eeper, shared: history. As thei@ ?r in/"ves-
`t>igatio+n pro<gres*?
ses, they realise that th ey are not': . ju-st up against a sys#+tematic (:kill_er, _^who tor*tures his vic``tims, but also #_^face d#`!>isapproval a*,'nd intrigue`= fro]< m within the p'/oli  ce f!( orce.>' T+,hough )(%det,ermi"*?"ned?-=% to so#/lve ?the crime, Peter:<, har * bour-;ing his ow;.=n secrets, i]nc\(&reasin&gly becomes tormented` >' by% " exi)stential q$=.#.uest_?[ion):s W) h"_a:\t is tr!uth What is heroi[sm in the time of w_ar And`# all the %)wh\ile ,,+he fails to s)% \ee the mounting$!. dan
@ger before h$ im.