Sequel to Count of Monte-Cristo. In 1865, General Gurko Lanen is dictator of -Lichtenburg- in the Balkans. Rightful ruler Zona hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France. The visiting Count of Monte Cristo falls for Zona and undertakes to help her, masquerading as a foppish banker and a masked freedom fighter. The rest is rapid-fire intrigue and derring-do.