Treason sleeps for no man... London, 1591. Nicholas Shelby, physician
and reluctant spy, returns to his old haunts on London's lawless
Bankside. But, when spymaster Robert Cecil asks him to investigate the
dubious practices of a mysterious doctor from Switzerland, Nicholas is
soon embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not just the life of an
innocent young patient, but the overthrow of Queen Elizabeth herself.
With fellow healer and mistress of the Jackdaw tavern, Bianca Merton,
again at his side, Nicholas is drawn into a sinister world of zealots,
charlatans and dangerous fanatics...