Dark Fire - C.J Sansom (Hardcover)

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Dark Fire - C.J Sansom 1540: A city in the grip of a heatwave. A lawyer in the grip of a conspiracy.

Matthew Shardlake, the sharp-witted hunchback lawyer, is a man who prefers the quiet of his chambers. But when his former patron, Thomas Cromwell, finds his neck on the executioner’s block, Shardlake is offered a desperate lifeline. To save Cromwell—and himself—he must recover the secret of "Dark Fire," a legendary weapon of mass destruction lost since the fall of the Byzantine Empire.

As the scent of rebellion hangs heavy in the air, Shardlake is paired with the enigmatic and dangerous Jack Barak. Together, they descend into the London underworld, a labyrinth of alchemists, corrupt officials, and cold-blooded killers.

They have five days to find the formula. But in a court where loyalty is a death sentence and truth is more volatile than Greek Fire, Shardlake is about to discover that some secrets are meant to stay buried.