London in 1330: Eighteen-year-old Jonah does not have an easy life as an apprentice boy in his cousin's household. Only his grandmother shows her orphaned grandson a little affection. But an encounter with King Edward and Queen Philippa sets Jonah's destiny on a new course. He is accepted into the elite London Cloth Merchants Guild, and together with Queen Philippa he revolutionises English cloth production. But the greater his success, the more insidious the intrigues of his enviers become ?