"A series of grisly deaths are linked to the sacred Stone of Scone in this compelling medieval mystery featuring friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan. This abbey is a strange place, Brother Athelstan. A hall of ghosts, a place of flitting shadows. The dead throng here. I can hear them whispering as they ride the air. During the harsh winter of 1381 murder stalks the streets of London in all its grisly forms. The city's prostitutes are falling prey to a...

When Abbot Stephen, the head of St. Martin's-in-the-Marsh monastery, is found brutally murdered, Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, is sent to investigate and to dispute rumors about a galloping robber's ghost.

In 13th Century Oxford authorities capture a blood-drinking demon and bury him alive. Two hundred years later the demon resurfaces to kill people and drink their blood. Sir Godfrey Evesden is ordered by the king to apprehend him.

London is in crisis in 1304 as a series of murders shock residents, as does the fall from power of Walter Evesham,Chief Justice in the Court of the King's Bench. Accused of bribery and corruption, he is found dead in his cell at the Abbey of Sion. Even more frightening is that it appears that the Mysterium, a killer Eversham brought to justice, has returned.

"May, 1471. The Wars of the Roses are reaching their bitter and bloody climax. Edward of York has claimed the English throne, and his supporters are extracting a savage revenge on all who supported the Lancastrian cause. Surrounded by enemies wherever she turns, the position of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and mother to Henry Tudor, the last remaining hope of the House of Lancaster, is precarious to say the least. Determined to protect...

May, 1381. The Great Revolt draws ever nearer. The Upright Men openly roam the streets of London, waiting for the violence to begin. Their mysterious envoy, the Herald of Hell, appears at night all over the city, striking terror into the hearts of those who oppose them. But who is he? When his chancery clerk is found hanged in a notorious Southwark brothel, the ruthless Thibault, John of Gaunt's Master of Secrets, summons Brother Athelstan to investigate....