For eight long years, a young prisoner has languished within the dreaded Bastille, his face hidden in an iron mask. He knows neither his true identity nor the crime for which he has been imprisoned. But Aramis knows this secret--a secret so dangerous, it could topple the King from his throne Will his cause divide the once indivisible band of musketeers? A tale of mystery, adventure, and political intrigue, this final romance in the acclaimed musketeer cycle is based on the true story of an actual masked prisoner who dwelled in the Bastille during Louis XIV's reign and whose identity remains in question to this day.