Succession

Name: Succession
Rating: 4.1 (866 reviews)

by Steven Veerapen Book 1 in the Spycatcher series.

First published 2020

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England, 1603. Elizabeth I is dying and Robert Cecil is working to secure the succession of James VI of Scotland, but rumours surrounding the Scottish king’s past create opportunities for blackmail and political sabotage. Ned Savage, a thief with talents useful to the state, is recruited into Cecil’s service and sent into a world where documents and secrets may determine who takes the English throne.

The uncertainty surrounding Elizabeth’s death and James’s accession is historical, as are Cecil and the principal royal figures. Ned Savage, the Red Cross conspiracy and the novel’s hidden evidence are fictional. Succession begins the Spycatcher trilogy by turning the transfer from Tudor to Stuart rule into an espionage mystery.