I had rather thou hadst prayed to God, my child, and through the Lord Christ.""
One of the last things spoken by the dying Denys Hunter to his two children, Betram and Cicely could not seem to get those words out of their heads after they are orphaned and moved to their uncle's house in the country.
Set in the midst of the Protestant Reformation, the Hunter children are raised in a strict Catholic household, but thorugh various circumstances, are brought to faith in Jesus Christ.
Now their faith must be tried and refined trough the atrocious persecutions contrived by the villainous local parish priest.
This story, though fiction, is based on fact. Though the characters are not real, the events are representative of many real incidents that occurred during these years in history. We hope that through this engaging account of historical fiction, you learn not only the history of the Tudor times, but also a gain a deeper appreciation for your Christian faith, and the martyrs who died for the cause of Christ.