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The Armor of Light



Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Historical Fantasy,
  • Elizabethan England,
  • 1593 Scotland,
  • Witches,
  • Court Intrigue
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Alternate history with real royals and magical conspiracies
  • Witchcraft threatening monarchs in 16th-century Britain
  • Plots where secret services battle supernatural threats
Publisher Description

A Battle of Wizardy From a History Not Quite Our Own...

God save the King of Scotland. The heavy summer air of 1593 is full of portents for Elizabeth, England's Queen, and James VI, King of Scotland. A coven of witches secretly controlled by the Wizard Earl of Bothwell has summoned a storm to sink the ship that bears James's bride to Scotland. Though the ship made port, the success of their summoning has emboldened them; the coven is now launching wizardly attacks on the King himself — and James is terrified.

From Satan's Wizard Earl. The King has protectors — not least the Queen of England herself — but not even Elizabeth's secret service and her champion, the redoubtable Sir Philip Sidney, can be on watch every instant. Eventually a trap is sprung, and King James is at the mercy of the satanic Bothwell's deadly spells...

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