The continuation of the successful series by bestselling author Ellin Carsta - a new difficult test imposed by the life of the "secret healer". Worms 1409: In front of the home of the secret healer, a man collapses with blood-soaked clothes. It is soon visible that his body is covered with stab wounds. Madlen and Franz are just about to prepare everything for wound care when two of King Ruprecht's guards storm into their house. They claim that the dead stranger had delivered a secret message; when Franz denies this, he is summarily arrested. Madlen is shocked and cannot believe what has just happened to her. She works with all her might to find and free her husband. But first she has to find out who the stranger was and what the supposed secret message is all about...