Salome

"Who was the hunter? — Who — the prey? Everything is devilishly the opposite!" The sunset of Anna Ioannovna's reign, 1740. A court bestiary engulfed in flames, a power redistribution, spies, alchemists, dwarfs, grisettes, the secret chancellery, and black masses. Balls, ice skating, and public executions of a festive nature. The Tsar's last hunt — for a dangerous predator. And those two, who cannot be together — and cannot part.