num_pages: 400
description: England flourishes under the hand of its Virgin Queen: Elizabeth Gloriana last and most powerful of the Tudor monarchs.But a great light casts a great shadow.In hidden catacombs beneath London a second Queen holds court: Invidiana ruler of faerie England and a dark mirror to the glory above. In the thirty years since Elizabeth ascended her throne fae and mortal politics have become inextricably entwined in secret alliances and ruthless betrayals whose existence is suspected only by a few.Two courtiers both struggling for royal favor are about to uncover the secrets that lie behind these two thrones. When the faerie lady Lune is sent to monitor and manipulate Elizabeth's spymaster Walsingham her path crosses that of Michael Deven a mortal gentleman and agent of Walsingham's. His discovery of the hidden player in English politics will test Lune's loyalty and Deven's courage alike. Will she betray her Queen for the sake of a world that is not hers? And can he survive in the alien and Machiavellian world of the fae? For only together will they be able to find the source of Invidiana's powerfind it and break itA breathtaking novel of intrigue and betrayal set in Elizabethan England; Midnight Never Come seamlessly weaves together history and the fantastic to dazzling effect.
language: English
title: Midnight Never Come
publisher: Orbit