Mary Seymour was orphaned when her mother, King Henry VIII's final queen Katherine Parr, died a mere week after her birth and her father, Thomas Seymour, was executed for treason. She lived with one of her mother's friends until the lady's death when Lady Strange brought the eight-year-old Mary into her household and gave her a mission. Mary was to become a White Magician helping to protect the rule of the Virgin Queen.
But her time at court is very different from the other ladies-in-waiting: Mary is not intent on finding a husband, in fact she wants nothing to do with love or marriage. When her powerful cousin Edmund Seymour begins showering Mary with attention her purpose is clouded. Mary attempts to resist the folly she's watched other women succomb to, but something about this young man speaks to her--Edmund is the dark to her light; a powerful force aiming to overthrow the order she helps to establish with Queen Elizabeth's reign.
Keeping true to her purpose, Mary attempts to fight her feelings for Edmund. But she soon learns the truth in her guardian's insistence: Light cannot exist without Darkness, Good must have Evil to counterbalance and give meaning to it. Mary Seymour begins her tale with the black and white ideology of a child and grows into young womanhood understanding that the world exists in shades of gray. Her story is aimed toward older teens and young adults, but readers as young as seventh grade will understand the intrigues of court.
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