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The Queen’s conjurer, Doctor John Dee is an Elizabethan mathematician, cryptographer, and mystic, commissioned by Her Majesty’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, to suss out a noble Count who governs an island in the English Channel. Dee’s mission?  Uncover treason, reveal terrorists, and unveil threats to The Crown. 

Embarking, Dr. Dee is accosted by an eager acolyte. The unknown teen playwright, William, has just endured his first flop—Prince Amleth. Will solicits the renowned scholar’s mentorship.

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A winter tide sees these unlikely collaborators set sail for the Channel Islands to sleuth out sedition on Protestant England’s strategic outpost. On Illyria, clues appear as Dee comes to rely on the surprising ingenuity of his young companion. Clandestine powers collide as Queen Elizabeth’s spy tracks each slim lead. When Dee is brought to the brink of destruction, can his incipient discovery of Count Orsino’s recusants and loyalists be thwarted?

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Under orders from Queen Elizabeth’s spymaster, John Dee investigates sedition to determine the loyalty of a Catholic nobleman on the island of Illyria. Dee must overcome legal and reputational worries at home, while his exiled, young assistant becomes more entangled with the people and the prejudices of the island, including an arranged marriage that is not to his liking. 

Who is to be believed, who is to be trusted in a time of shifting loyalties? That is the question.

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