1644 The smoke of parliamentary musket, cannon, andmortar fire is in the air around the royalist stronghold ofLathom House Though guards still stand atop its walls,it is besieged on all sides, and it is only a matter of timeuntil the house, along with its embittered and unwaveringcountess, Lady Charlotte de Tremouille, falls toParliament s might Yet somehow, a royalist1644 The smoke of parliamentary musket, cannon, andmortar fire is in the air around the royalist stronghold ofLathom House Though guards still stand atop its walls,it is besieged on all sides, and it is only a matter of timeuntil the house, along with its embittered and unwaveringcountess, Lady Charlotte de Tremouille, falls toParliament s might Yet somehow, a royalist spy stillcreeps, unseen, through its gates, and brings the countessParliament s secrets.Barely recovered from the trials of the last few months,Daniel Cheswis is torn from his family and sent north,to uncover the identity of the traitor though before hecan even begin, Cheswis finds himself embroiled in amurder A woman has been garrotted with cheese wirein her Chester home, suggesting there is than justthe usual hatreds of war at play.As lives are lost and coats are turned on both sides,Cheswis is tasked with finding the murderer, uncoveringthe traitor, and surviving his soldierly duty longenough to see Lathom House fall.