France 1351: Kemp and his men are captured in a skirmish near Calais and subsequently imprisoned in a French castle. All attempts at escape are punished with death. Then Sir Hugues de Beauconray comes to Kemp with an offer: escort a Dominican friar on a quest to steal a mysterious book from an abbey in Scotland. Fail and ten of Kemp's friends will be hanged. In the hotly disputed border country Kemp will need all his skills as a swordsman and archer if he is to return to France and rescue his comrades. But more importantly survive. . .

Part of the Arrows of Albion series.