Having a friend like Thomas Wolsey, king's Almoner and spymaster can be a double edged matter. Felicia and Robin find themselves headed for France to discover a plot aimed at the French king, Louis XII, and the stability of France as a whole. Moreover they are working as allies with an old enemy - Raoul, Comte de Beauville sur Rhone. Complications also arise when they rescue a page, set on by bandits. Robin and Felicia have only days to find out what the dastardly Geoffroi de Malvais is up to - and stop him.