September 1566. William Harley Clarenceux King of Arms lives quietly with his family in London with a document in his possession that could destroy the state. The aged Lady Percy Countess of Northumberland has not given up trying to find it. Nor has she forgotten how he betrayed her & the Catholic cause
- she has spent the last two years planning her revenge. But then eloquent & adventurous courtier John Greystoke suddenly seems most concerned for Clarenceuxs safety. & why on behalf of the government does Francis Walsingham have spies watching Clarenceuxs house day & night? When his wife & his daughter go missing Clarenceux finds himself on the run with his other young daughter hunted by Lady Percys agents. He knows he must finally destroy the document even if it should cost him his life
- but how can he until he has reunited his family?