Book description
1588. In Lisbon the great Spanish Armada prepares to set sail for
England. Along the coast of the Low Countries, the army of the Duke of
Parma readies itself for embarkation. Threat is imminent. Yet behind it
is a darker and more secretive game, one of espionage and murder, of
treachery and deceit. The stiletto-blade to the back, the poison in the
chalice, the tortuerer's rack in the dungeon. This is the realm of the
spy. And at its heart is the legendary Elizabethan spymaster Sir Francis
Walsingham. One-by-one his intelligence sources vanish, day-by-day the
danger to his queen and country grows. Finally, he sends the young
soldier and agent Christian Hardy to discover the truth. But to reach
it, Hardy must confront the deadliest of foes, the Spanish Inquisition,
turncoats among his own, and the might of the enemy fleet. Time is
running out. For Hardy, for England, for its sovereign queen
Elizabeth...
