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It is 1643, Mathew Fletcher is happy in his new life as a surgeon to the King.

But, even when the country is divided by civil war, murders do not stop.

Whilst trying to solve one murder, Mathew, wrongly accused of murdering a visiting French Emissary, is forced to seek help to prove his innocence, from friend and foe alike.

To avoid imprisonment, Mathew is sent with an ill-equipped army, to take part in a battle he promised not to get involved in. But, whilst bringing relief to the soldiers and citizens of a besieged town he makes an amazing discovery.