senior a the tyrant s shadow
Seniors vivid characters capture this chaotic era with a lively sense of how it must have felt to those living through it - The TimesA court without a kingdom, a kingdom without a king...England, 1652: since Charles Is execution the land has remained untethered, the people longing for change. When Patience Johnson meets preacher Sidrach Simmonds, she believes her destiny is to become his wife and help him spread the Lords word. Simmonds sees things quite differently. Patiences brother Will has been bestowed the job of lawyer to Oliver Cromwell. Tasked with aiding Englands most powerful man, he must try to overcome his grief after the loss of his wife. Then Sam Challoner, Wills brother-in-law, returns unannounced after years in exile, forcing Will and Patience to question their loyalties: one to a ruler, the other, a spouse. Who do they choose to save? Themselves, their loved ones or their country...
