In 17th century France, a woman of unparalleled beauty gets unwittingly pulled into a political plot that she doesn't fully grasp. Corrupted by treachery and pretense, she will soon become one of the most feared spies of her era, wielding the cape of deception just as skillfully as a deadly sword.

While he was still just a starry-eyed child, Jules Verne witnessed a strange transaction. A man acquired a mysterious object, an astrolabe… then 28 years later, he sets sail for the Americas to in search of inspiration. On board, Jules learns that a scholar named Orpheus is supposedly involved in what he saw as a child. He decides to follow him across the...