This second book of the Syon Trilogy covers the years from 1512 to 1523. Rick is settling down to the life of a Brigittine monk while his former lover, Will, is making the best of his post as governor of a fortress in the Pale of Calais as well as seeking diversion from a second, unhappy, marriage. That leaves their old friend Erasmus leading a lonely and frustrated existence in Cambridge. Translating the Bible becomes increasingly onerous so he fobs...