"Intrigue abounds.... Robb's captivating blend of history and mystery
vividly evokes medieval Scotland." --BOOKLIST
Scots are gathering in Murdoch Kerr's Edinburgh tavern, plotting to
drive out the English forces. Margaret takes her place there as
innkeeper, collecting information to pass on to William Wallace--until
murder gives the English an excuse to shutter the tavern. The dead man
was a witness to the intruders who raided chests belonging to Margaret's
husband and her father, the latest in a string of violent raids on
Margaret's family, but no one knows the identity of the raiders or what
they're searching for.
Margaret's uncle urges her to escape Edinburgh, but as she flees north
with her husband Roger, Margaret grows suspicious about his sudden wish
to speak with her mother, Christiana, who is a soothsayer. Margaret once
innocently shared with Roger one of Christiana's visions, of "the true
king of Scotland" riding into Edinburgh. Now she begins to wonder if
their trip is part of a mission engineered by the English crown...