1600: a new century dawns, England is at war, and the nation’s spymaster calls in his best, if most undisciplined, intelligencer Marbeck to unmask a double agent.

‘A superb historical mystery’
Historical Novel Society

‘Pilkington introduces an intriguing new hero in the dashing Marbeck’
Kirkus Reviews

‘A seventeenth century James Bond, Marbeck is just as likely as 007 to get into deadly and dangerous situations… a gripping, entertaining page-turner’
Booklist (star review)