Brimming with life, colorful dialogue, and, of course, drama." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY The celebrated Elizabethan theatre company known as Lord Westfield's Men is being scared nearly to death. Then when stage manager Nichlas Bracewell pulls a naked, mutilated corpse from the icy depths of the river Thames, he perceives the hand of a deadly enemy, and the terrifying shape of the future. Unless he can outwit the villainous brewer of this bitter dose of trouble, Lord Westfield's Men will be no more--and Nicholas himself will be ushered to a most unwelcome death....