The Last Defender

GUNPOWDER BARREL. In England after the Restoration it’s restless. Memories of the bloody days of the Civil War are still fresh. At this time, Richard, the son of Oliver Cromwell—once having inherited the title of Lord Protector, “Defender of the Kingdom”—secretly returns to England from voluntary exile. The consequences could be catastrophic… SECRET COMMISSION. The royal court is a breeding ground for vice, betrayal, and rebellion, and James Marwood, a clerk in the government service, once again finds himself at the very center of events. He must carry out a delicate assignment in order to strengthen the positions of the Royalists, but he becomes a target for his enemies—and now he is being threatened with death plainly and unmistakably… DANGEROUS SECRET. Marwood feels caught between two fires when his longtime acquaintance, the daughter of the regicide Cat Lovett, asks him for help. Remembering what bound them in the past, he can’t refuse her. The reason is that she once knew the Cromptons closely, and she has something extremely important to share about this family—something so important that it can open a direct path to the scaffold for both Marwood and Cat… First time in Russian!