Dark Fire

In the sweltering summer of 1540, hunchbacked lawyer Matthew Shardlake is pulled from a desperate murder defense into a high-stakes hunt for a lost weapon of war. Thomas Cromwell tasks him with recovering the secret formula for Greek Fire, a substance that could save Cromwell's political career or destroy the kingdom. Shardlake must navigate the lethal politics of Henry VIII's court while a killer tracks his every move through the London slums.