The year is 1410. King Henry IV is facing turmoil in his realm as well as illness at home. "The king’s spymaster Sir Richard Whittington needs someone skilled, yet unobtrusive who can move inconspicuously abroad and at home. James de Grispere: is tasked to spy for the good of the kingdom with the future of the realm in his hands. It is a perilous path, from the depths of France, to Wales and the Scottish borders."