1523, and Syon Abbey is flourishing. A beacon of true religion and sound learning. Ideally positioned to lead the orthodox campaign against the new ideas from the Continent. Until the surprise election of a new superior. Despite Wolsey's attempts at mediation, the ensuing divisions in the community make it ill-prepared for the storms of the next decade.
Storms that include the grisly execution of Richard Reynolds for resisting the Royal Supremacy.One thing puzzles Thomas Cromwell. Richard Whitford, now a senior monk, is confident in resisting all the Secretary's threats and bullying.
He is being protected by someone at the highest level. But who? And why? And for how long?Inevitably, the axe falls on the Abbey, but Abbess Jordan has a cunning plan to allow the Brigittines to continue their religious life elsewhere and in another form.