In an alternate Elizabethan England, the Queen is imprisoned in the Tower and William Shakespeare must write a play that will incite the citizens to rise against the Spanish monarchy that rules them.
This enchanting debut novel speculates on the identity of William Shakespeare's Dark Lady, and presents a world of fairies and fantasy that is the setting for a tale about the love that set the young Shakespeare's heart ablaze--and aroused greatness within him.
Young Will Shakespeare is having a harder time making it in London than he thought he would, constantly competing with his greatest rival, Christopher Marlowe, for both literary recognition and the heart of Lady Silver.
William Shakespeare has become the preeminent playwright of Elizabethan England, but his success comes with a price--his son Hamnet has disappeared in the realm of the Elven King, and Will must face the powers of darkness to rescue him.