Path of Death

Germany, Cologne, 1390 A.D. A prosperous city, rare offenses, boredom and idleness reign at the local Inquisition office. Recently transferred here, young investigator Kurt Hesse, suffering from idleness, seizes upon a completely ordinary, at first glance, incident — the death in his sleep of a student from the local university. The novice inquisitor will have to immerse himself in the life of the student fraternity, engage in a dangerous game with the high nobility and clergy, and become closely acquainted with the countess Margaret von Schönborn. Will heart or reason be the advisor when he faces the most terrible choice that can confront an investigator of the Congregation?..