Falconer's Judgement

IN ROME, POPE ALEXANDER IV LIES DYING. FROM THE EAST, AN ASSASSIN IS SENT BY A POWERFUL ROYAL FAMILY. IN WALLINGFORD CASTLE A YOUNG MAN IS HELD PRISONER, CHARGED WITH A MURDER HE DID NOT COMMIT...

In the swirling mists of Oxford, Regent Master William Falconer, Aristotelian philosopher and amateur sleuth, searches for the whereabouts of his mentor, Roger Bacon. But a political intrigue is about to explode. The Papal Legate's brother--a master cook--is killed with an arrow during a student riot. While authorities crack down on the disorder and zealots warn of the Apocalypse, Falconer begins an investigation. Now the man of reason must enter a labyrinth of madness--where ambition, deceit, and murder are the order of the day.