Chapter 2 of Unreal City. 1925: Vienna, Professor Wilhelm Oderberg of the University of Vienna is enjoying a coffee when a colleague begins to mock him. Oderberg wrote a paper on vampire hysteria, which was considered laughable for a respectable professor of philosophy. But the mockery only serves to remind Oderberg of what he has lost, and the steps he needs to take right away to make sure more is not taken from him.

London 1925. An antique Ottoman dagger comes on the market and lots of people want to buy it, but few want to show their hand. The metal it is made of is odd - is that why there are so many mysterious bidders at auction?

In Chapter 1, private detective Christian Le Cozh is approached by a distracted, wealthy client who thinks his wife was killed in a most unorthodox way.