The Book of Martyrs: A Novel

1595. A former thief and a famed astrologist are engulfed by persecution and murder during England's Golden Age, in this new historical mystery series set during the colorful Tudor Era.

1595. An aging Sir Francis Drake sails from Plymouth, heading south on a doomed mission of plunder. It will end with his burial at sea off the coast of Panama-at least he'll be warm.

Back in England, semi-reformed thief Kate Mayfield and her uncle, the notorious astrological physician Simon Mayfield, are stu...