On this night, the hunt begins. For a small package that has the power to topple the greatest in the state. No one will be spared on this blue-black night. 1875: At the construction site of Hohenschwangau's "New Castle" (Neuschwanstein), the foreman dies from a gunshot to the heart. What the village teacher's chronicle notes only briefly becomes the starting point for Markus Richter's breathless conspiracy adventure. The young court servants Lenz and Klara want to get closer to each other that night. But they stumble into a murderous intrigue. When they intervene with the courage of desperation, they themselves become targets. They are young and inexperienced. Yet they bravely step in to save others. For can one stand by when it comes to happiness or ruin, to life and death? Markus Richter has written a gripping thriller with credible characters.