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During Britannia's tribal age, vengeance is brutal, bloody and will come for even those who think themselves invincible. Family feuds must be settled, whatever the cost. Both Seeress Meddi of the Eorlingas and Wærmund of the Gyrwe have old scores to settle. Meddi for her tribe to survive and thrive, and Waermund to cast himself from his father's shadow once and for all. But unbeknownst, Meddi and Wærmund share a common enemy who threatens them both – the elusive Elen and her ally is someone Wærmund has travelled the breadth of Britannia to outrun.

France, 1351: Kemp and his men are captured in a skirmish near Calais, and subsequently imprisoned in a French castle. All attempts at escape are punished with death. Then Sir Hugues de Beauconray comes to Kemp with an offer: escort a Dominican friar on a quest to steal a mysterious book from an abbey in Scotland. Fail, and ten of Kemp's friends will be hanged.

Intrigas, secretos y amoríos en la cambiante Europa de 1492. La novela muestra un amplio abanico de personajes que viven algunos de los hechos más característicos de la época. Fray Genaro recorrerá el Atlántico con Cristóbal Colón, en su viaje a las Indias. Un pintor italiano verá su vida mezclada con el misterio de un asesinato. Y mientras, en el Vaticano, un cambio de papado hará tambalear los cimientos de la cristiandad.