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England, October 1642.
The war between King Charles and his Parliament reaches a watershed as the clash of ideologies becomes a clash of armies on the battlefield of Edgehill.
Former lawyer, Gideon Lennox, finds himself an unwilling participant fighting in the king’s army alongside Philip Lord, a notorious mercenary commander with a mysterious past.
After enduring the horror and brutality of battle, Gideon is confronted with an even greater challenge. Lady Catherine de Bouquelemont, an accomplished Royalist spy and the woman Lord loves, has been betrayed and captured.
Uncovering the identity of the traitor, Gideon plays a dangerous game as he gains entry to the Parliamentarian held town of Warwick to discover the whereabouts of Lady Catherine.
But not all is as it seems.
Having put his head in the enemy’s noose, Gideon becomes entangled in a web of plots from which he can see no sure way to escape with his life.
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