Rhymer: Hel
Rhymer: Hel by Gregory Frost is set to be published by Baen on May 6, 2025. This edition spans 320 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows Thomas the Rhymer, an immortal and shape-changing figure, as he navigates the treacherous political landscape of Elizabethan England. Tasked with thwarting an assassination plot against Queen Elizabeth I, Thomas becomes embroiled in the machinations of the Queen’s spymaster, Francis Walsingham, and must confront various historical figures and supernatural threats.
Readers will find a blend of action and adventure as Thomas allies with Walsingham’s agents and a mysterious stage actress, all while contending with the schemes of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the relentless Yvag knights. The story weaves through the lives of notable figures such as William Shakespeare and John Dee, culminating in a dramatic confrontation with the Elf Queen. This edition promises an engaging exploration of fantasy elements intertwined with historical intrigue, as Thomas seeks to protect the throne and confront his own destiny.
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A Wild Chase Through Elizabethan England
Thomas the Rhymer, immortal, shape-changing foe of the diabolical Elf Queen and her merciless Yvag knights, continues his one-man war into the reign of England’s “Faerie Queen”—Elizabeth I. When he learns of an assassination plot against Elizabeth, the Rhymer intervenes, only to find himself the object of the special attention of the Queen’s spymaster, Francis Walsingham.
Walsingham blackmails the Rhymer into joining his intelligence network. Allied with Walsingham’s minions and a mysterious shape-changing stage actress, Thomas finds he must deal with Mary, Queen of Scots, scheming Jesuits, and Italian bankers as well as further Yvag attempts against Elizabeth. He moves in the circles of William Shakespeare, John Dee, Giordano Bruno, and Christopher Marlowe, desperately defeating one conspiracy after another in defense of the throne, leading him to an inevitable final confrontation with the Elf Queen, in which to survive he must destroy the source of her power . . . and to do that, he must enter the mouth of Hel itself.
After all the sacrifice, will the Rhymer find peace? And, perhaps, even love?
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