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1746. The young Prince, Charles Stuart, Pretender to the British Throne is in retreat, having failed in his attempt to reclaim his throne from the Hanoverian ‘usurper’ George II.Sir William Hervey delegates Will Archer to investigate a series of mysterious deaths.Are they connected to the Young Pretender?Travelling incognito with his friend, Charlie, and a surprise old acquaintance, Will tracks the murderer and finds his quest inextricably linked with the route taken by the rebel army.Through an England bruised and divided by the conflict and a Scotland reeling from the aftermath of the bloody battle of Culloden, Will and his companions hunt down their quarry from Derby’s dark streets to high society in Manchester and on to the wild highlands of the North.Danger is ever present and, in the end, unimaginable personal tragedy strikes.
