num_pages: 472
description: 1644. The smoke of parliamentary musket cannon andmortar fire is in the air around the royalist stronghold ofLathom House. Though guards still stand atop its wallsit is besieged on all sides and it is only a matter of timeuntil the house along with its embittered and unwaveringcountess Lady Charlotte de Tremouille falls toParliaments might. Yet somehow a royalist spy stillcreeps unseen through its gates and brings the countessParliaments secrets.Barely recovered from the trials of the last few monthsDaniel Cheswis is torn from his family and sent northto uncover the identity of the traitor; though before hecan even begin Cheswis finds himself embroiled in amurder. A woman has been garrotted with cheese wirein her Chester home suggesting there is more than justthe usual hatreds of war at play.As lives are lost and coats are turned on both sidesCheswis is tasked with finding the murderer uncoveringthe traitor and surviving his soldierly duty longenough to see Lathom House fall.
language: English
title: A Soldier of Substance
publisher: Valebridge Publications