Under the threat of a second Spanish Armada, John
Shakespeare is sent to Lancashire to guard over England's
secret weapon and its inventor, the maverick magician Dr. Dee.
But nothing is so simple when the country is a hotbed of
secret loyalties and civil unrest. During his mission,
Shakespeare stumbles upon Catholic priests in hiding, a
mysterious Bohemian seductress, andβof courseβmurder.
Between facing off with a nefarious witch hunter and
attending one of the first performances of A Midsummer
Night's Dream, the intrepid John Shakespeare fights to stay
alive while on the hunt for a deadly traitor.