It is 1588 – and with the Spanish Armada threatening – trouble has flared with Reivers upon England's northern border. As Lord Warden of the North, Lord Percy has been dispatched by Queen Elizabeth to go Beyond The Wall, to work with sympathetic Scots protestants to prevent an anti-English coup, and to suggest King James' accession to both crowns, with Lord Percy as his trusty companion and Queen's favorite, Lord Edmund Blackadder. But there are those north of the border who wish to see England and its Queen destroyed – and will stop at nothing to ambush the emissary…
