The Darkling Prince

The Darkling Prince begins with Crispin and Justin, his younger brother, lighting a red vigil light in the chapel of the Borgia Collegium. The burning light stands for their older brother, Tarquin, who has joined the RAF to fight the Nazis. Word comes that Tarquin's plane has been shot down and that he has parachuted behind enemy lines. That fact is used to bring enormous, breathtaking pressure.