Cromwell, one of Parliament's leading generals sends a cavalry officer, Luke Tremayne, to Ireland to investigate the murder of a fellow officer and to find missing silver that Spain had sent to assist the Royalist and Irish rebel cause. His mission is complicated by the actions of these opponents. A coterie of influential women, treacherous comrades, a loveable witch, maladjusted siblings , murderous charcoal burners and devious priests
