SECRETARY WALSINGHAM'S ATTEMPT TO ENSNARE THE QUEEN OF SCOTS IS THE BACKDROP TO THIS MURDER MYSTERY AND ROMANCE, SET IN THE MURKY WORLD OF ESPIONAGE. TWO COMMONERS UNWITTINGLY FIND THEMSELVES INVOLVED IN A WORLD OF POLITICAL INTRIGUE, AND THERE'S AN ASSASSIN SWORN TO KILL QUEEN ELIZABETH. FOLLOW A MYRIAD OF CHARACTERS WHOSE PATHS CROSS AND DICOVER THE DEVASTATING TRUTH.