Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prologue -- April fool -- Erse -- An Irishman, a gentleman -- Not good -- Why am not I at peace? -- Summoning -- When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life -- Debts of honor -- Eros rising -- Punch and Judy -- Vulgar curiosity -- The belly of a flea -- By darkness met -- Fridstool -- The return of Tobias Quinn -- Tower house -- Castle Athlone -- Fireside tales -- Quagmire -- Stalking horse -- A poultice for bruising -- Glastuig -- Plan b -- Clishmaclaver -- Escape from Athlone -- Opium dreams -- Loyalty and duty -- Amplexus -- The wild hunt -- Particular friends -- Betrayal -- Duello -- Billets-doux -- All heads turn as the hunt goes by -- Justice -- Teind -- Sole witness -- Redux -- The fog comes down -- Gambit -- A moonlicht flicht -- Point of departure -- Succession -- Author's notes.

Lord John Grey--soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade--fights for his crown, his honor, and his own secrets. Set in the heart of the eighteenth century during the Seven Years' War.