The Coming of the King

A young narrator recounts his entanglement in a Restoration-era conspiracy centered on a hidden marriage contract that could establish a rival claimant to the throne. Secretive visitors, a black box, and competing ambitions draw him into clandestine meetings, betrayals, imprisonments, and daring escapes. Episodes range from mysteries at an old house and midnight encounters to legal confrontations before the king and tense journeys between towns. Themes of loyalty, legitimacy, and the personal cost of political intrigue run throughout as private secrets and public power struggles collide.