Lucy has been forced to run away from home, as she fears for her safety
from her drunken father. She is taken on as a maid at the house of Dr
Dee, court magician, upon whom Elizabeth I relies heavily, even down to
advising the date of her coronation.
The household is strange and sinister, and Lucy has a nose for
intrigue.... And she has more than enough to satisfy her: Lucy stumbles
across a plot to assassinate the queen and has to find means to warn
her....