Jack Drake is an artist and art studio/gallery owner, as well as a part-time Renaissance faire performer. He hasn't got an enemy in the world. Or so he thought. Suddenly, for no reason he can discern, he's got one group of people trying to kill him and another group trying to kidnap him. The adventure he suddenly finds himself immersed in takes him from the United States to Ireland, thence to France, and finally to England to confront the mastermind behind his troubles while the fate of a nation hangs in the balance.