"Robb continues to adeptly blend politics with period detail and
three-dimensioned characterizations in the Owen Archer tales."
--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
From the marshy Thames to the misty Yorkshire moors, murder stalks Welsh
soldier-sleuth Owen Archer and one of his oldest friends.
On a snowy morning in 1367, Sir William of Wyndesore's page is found in
the icy moat of Windsor Castle, and some whisper that the murderer was
Ned Townley--a former comrade-in-arms of Owen Archer. Burdened with a
reputation as a notoriously jealous lover, Ned cannot hope to clear his
name; even Mary, his ladylove, is unsure of the truth. Hoping to put Ned
out of harm's way while solving the murder, Owen places his friend in
charge of a mission to Rievaulx Abbey at the edge of the moors. But when
the travelers receive news of Mary's drowning, Ned vanishes into the
wild.
Riding out in search of his old friend, Owen does not know whether he
will be Ned's savior or executioner. With his one good eye, Owen sees
more than most, but now he must find a way to penetrate the curtains of
power that surround the Church and England's royal court and discover
the truth of Ned's innocence or guilt...