In 1192, hunting on the Crown’s land is forbidden by law. When the Sheriff of Nottingham is commanded to investigate a grisly murder on Prince John’s lands, he becomes entangled in a dangerous game with a most mercurial adversary… Never-before-seen mysteries confront Everard Blackthorne, the Sheriff of Nottingham, culminating in an investigation that will lead directly into the climactic events of Nottingham Vol. 3.