A CURSE TO KILL A KING. A FIGHT TO SAVE A NATION. England, 1538. The nation is reeling after the ruthless dissolution of the monasteries by King Henry VIII.Cast out of Dartford Priory, Joanna Stafford - feisty, courageous, but scarred by her recent encounter with rebellion at court - is trying to live a quiet life with her five-year-old charge, Arthur.But family connections draw her dangerously close to a treasonous plot and, repelled by violence and the whispered conspiracies around her, Joanna seeks a life with a man who loves her.But, no matter how hard she tries, she cannot escape the spreading darkness of her destiny.She must make a choice between those she cares for most, and taking her part in a mysterious prophecy foretold by three compelling seers.Joanna embarks upon a testing journey and, as she deciphers the meaning at the core of the prophecy, she learns that the fate of a king and the freedom of a nation rest in her hands.