Publisher's Synopsis
The Queen's chief spymaster, Francis Walsingham, and his team of agents must maintain the highest levels of vigilance. One operative in particular - a young literary genius who goes by the name of Kit Marlowe - is relentless in his pursuit of intelligence. When he is killed outside an inn, his mysterious death becomes the subject of rumours. Years later, Thomas Phelippes, a former colleague of Marlowe's, finds himself imprisoned in the Tower. When he is visited by an emissary of the new king, however, it becomes clear that his long fall from favour may be reversed if he will furnish his monarch with every detail he is able to recall about his murdered friend. But just what is it that so fascinates King James?
