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The Queen's Cipher

By Robert Walker

The Queen's Cipher

By Robert Walker

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IN THE SHADOW OF THE THRONE, EVERY WORD IS A WEAPON.In 1571, England was a powder keg. Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by plotters at home and the great Catholic powers abroad. To defend the realm, her spymasters have built a new kind of arsenal: a network of spies armed not with daggers, but with ink and cipher.Elias Thorne, a quiet Oxford scholar, is torn from his books and plunged into this clandestine world. Commanded by the ruthless Sir Francis Walsingham, he must untangle the secret codes that bind a sprawling conspiracy-a web of sedition stretching from the dark alleys of London to the courts of Mary, Queen of Scots. Every letter he deciphers is a death warrant; every pattern he exposes brings England one step closer to civil war.Across the Channel, Michael Davies, a devout young priest, is dispatched on a holy mission: to minister to England's persecuted Catholics. But his path is soon entangled in the same conspiracy, forcing him to become a courier of secrets he cannot read and a player in a game whose rules he doesn't understand. As a fugitive in his own homeland, he must learn that survival requires a different kind of faith.From the torture chambers of the Tower to the blood-soaked decks of the Spanish Armada, Elias and Michael are two men on opposite sides of a war fought in whispers. One hunts for the truth, the other for salvation. As their paths converge toward a final, bloody reckoning, each must decide what he is willing to sacrifice: his country, his faith, or his soul.For in the age of queens and conspirators, the most dangerous lies are the ones written on the human heart.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
324
Release Date:
2025-10-06
Publication Date:
2025-10-06
Publisher:
robert Walker
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798231712021
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
459 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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