Canterbury Cathedral 1170. Archbishop Thomas Beckett is murdered: not for his public conflict with King Henry II, but for the explosive secret he holds.
The murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket by a group of knights in Canterbury Cathedral in December 1170: one of the most infamous episodes in medieval history.
But the focus of the knights’ quest isn’t Becket. It is the capture of Sister Theodosia Bertrand, a young nun cloistered by Becket in the walls of Canterbury Cathedral. The knowledge she holds is the prize they want, and they intend to torture and murder her to win it.
For one of the knights, the mercenary Sir Benedict Palmer, Becket’s slaying brings a deeply troubled conscience. Overhearing Theodosia’s planned fate decides him and he aids her escape. Now they are both the knights’ quarry, and their only chance to save their lives is to find out why. But neither Theodosia, the unworldly anchoress, nor Palmer, the battle-hardened knight, could ever have guessed where their search for truth would ultimately lead them.