About the book: year / Two adventurers, Randy Huxley and Skaal Lewis, are looking for a mysterious key that has sunk into oblivion after the death of research engineer Adolph Heaton. Their paths cross in the gloomy and dank town of Schmelz in a brothel that belongs to Adolf’s widow, and she knows exactly where the key is hidden, but she’s just in no hurry to share the secret.