historical thriller

 

Aioffe and Joshua return to Tudor England seeking a safe haven for their family, yet celestial portents predict disaster. Under Queen Mary I's rule, the Catholic church has gripped power and the fae are in danger and unwelcome. Imprisoned for murder, their friend and se'er witch Nemis awaits her trial, but is crippled by visions of royal deaths. When Queen Mary dies, political and religious upheaval shroud the horrifying truth. Aioffe and Joshua are the only people who believe Nemis's prophecy... a killer of queens has started a campaign of terror.

The finest works of historical fiction are those that thoroughly recreate the past through precise research, creating a world inspired by our own and shaped by the author’s ingenuity. This co-mingling of reality and fiction transports us to a time and place long since passed, reflecting what might have been while upholding a certain plausible deniability. While evidence may be limited in reconstructing the past, an author’s imagination is thankfully here to fill in those gaps.