Henry VII faces traitors on all sides.In a darkened abbey in Hampshire, a dozen monks conspire against him...In a French garrison, a governor favors his enemies...And one of them holds a secret that may devastate England.Katharine of Aragon arrives in the midst of a storm, bought in a traitor's blood. The death of Edward Plantagenet turned the queen's cousin, the Duke of Suffolk against him. He has since fled to the Netherlands to recruit an invading army. Henry hopes to keep his new daughter in law close, but Suffolk's allies stir corruption in Wales, forcing him to send his son into the north. There, a brutal feud threatens all Prince Arthur holds dear. As his ruthless enforcer, Sir Thomas Lovell, closes in upon his enemies, Henry's last hope lies in his children, and in a dynastic marriage to unite two kingdoms...