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The Queen’s Fire
First published 2023
Summer 1588. As Philip II’s Armada prepares to challenge England, Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Lewgar are sent west into Devon and Cornwall to investigate Spanish agents and threats to the coastal defences. The approaching fleet turns local suspicion and intelligence work into part of a national emergency.
The Armada, Elizabeth I, Philip II and Walsingham are historical, while Lewgar and the novel’s specific spy network are fictional. Marlowe’s documented association with intelligence gives Veerapen a historical foothold for imagining his role in the crisis. The book concludes the Christopher Marlowe spy-thriller trilogy.
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