The Brazen Head

The Brazen Head – The St Germain Letters, Folio One

Trahor Fatis

Drawn by Fate, the relegated prince Rakozy finds himself in a spot of bother at the court of his imperial cousin Rudolf – the second one – as psychics and prestidigitators and prognosticators all ply for royal favor at the height of Prague’s glory.

Taken by Fortune, he’s put upon paths that may shift the turning of the very stars above and bear witness to the birth of a new era of tumult and torpor – of the coming of l'Envoyé d'Éternité.

Given to Wonder, Rakozy sets new course when his bright future becomes shattered by mortals meddling in the affairs of the eternal – the venerated Arcanum – throwing the cosmos out of balance.

Travel back before days were Sundered and witness the becoming of the Comte de Saint Germain, as only he can tell it, in The Brazen Head – a tale from the world of Felix Chance.

This is the story of Prince Rakozy the Uncrowned — exile, apostate, explorer of the world. Of the man masquerading as Montferrat, believed to be Bellamarre, and cavorting as Chevalier Schoening in an adventuresome youth. Of Count Weldon, he claimed, when briefly detained in England. Of he whom Francois-Marie Arouet once called the Wonderman. And he who continually bested that profligate philanderer Casanova at his own game. These pages contain the eagerly anticipated account of the Comte de Saint Germain, set by my own hand, and how the mechanical godhead foretold the coming of l'Envoyé d'Éternité.