The King's Ghost

He was the perfect medieval lord: a brilliant military commander, a just ruler of his own lands, and a loyal servant to the English Crown. But the decadent court of King Edward II, ruled by the whims of grasping favourites, proved too corrupt to command his allegiance. After being betrayed and left to die in the infamous Tower of London, Roger Mortimer achieves the impossible—a daring prison escape that makes him a living legend and the most wanted man in the kingdom. Fleeing to France, he finds his destiny intertwined with that of the humiliated and spurned Queen Isabella. Together, their shared desire for vengeance—and a passion that will become the scandal of a continent—forges a powerful alliance. Her royal legitimacy and his military genius create an unstoppable force that overthrows the English government and places her young son, Edward III, on the throne. But their victory is hollow, secured by a dark and terrifying secret regarding the fate of the deposed king. As Mortimer and Isabella rule as regents, the weight of this lie begins to consume him. Whispers of a king who may have survived his own murder ignite a paranoia that transforms Mortimer from a liberator into a ruthless tyrant. His every move is now dictated by the fear of exposure, leading him to commit an act of shocking brutality that turns the entire realm against him. Now, the quiet, watchful boy he placed on the throne is a king in his own right, gathering a small band of loyal knights for a final, desperate gamble: a secret coup to topple the most powerful man in England and reclaim the soul of the kingdom.