Pohár smrti - Ve stínu Leviatanů 1 – Bennett Robert Jackson (2025)

A detective-themed fantasy featuring a pair of remarkable investigators in the style of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

In the most luxurious house in Daretana, a dead imperial officer is found — apparently killed by a tree that sprouted from his body. Such a death is extremely unusual and terrifying even on the borders of the Empire, where various plagues thrive and the blood of leviathans causes strange magical changes.

The case is taken up by Ana Dolabrová, an investigator known not only for her cunning but also for her eccentricity. It is said that she walks around with her eyes covered and can solve seemingly unsolvable mysteries without stepping outside her home.

She has a new assistant named Dinios Kol, who, thanks to his magically enhanced memory, becomes Ana's perfect aide. His superior's behavior alternately scandalizes, mystifies, and infuriates him, but as they unravel the tangled case, Din witnesses her wit racing from one surprising deduction to another, and he must admit that Ana is indeed the best investigator in the Empire.

When both detectives uncover a plot that threatens the entire Empire, Din realizes that he has yet to decipher the riddle that Ana herself represents...