She finds a woman driven by a fatal desire to turn her people back to the true faith - while her sister Elizabepth waits to take advantage of any mistake she makes. Caught in the savage rivalry between the daughters of Henry VIII, torn by her infatuation with Dudley and duty to her family, thrilled by her own strange gifts but scared ofthe unknown, Hannah must find a safe way through tumultuous times - when the wrong religion is a death sentence, science and rnagic are one, and true love can destroy you...