Roanoke
When Gabriel North, a spider in the murky webs of Elizabethan politics, prevents an assassination attempt on the life of Queen Elizabeth, he is not rewarded but instead is sent by royal power-mongers to the fledgling colony of Roanoke in America. His mission is to seduce a young Indian princess said to be rich in pearls and gold. North's growing bond with the Secota queen Naia embroils him in the all-consuming mystery of what the true fate was of...