1349. England is under the cloud of the Black Death. Twelve-year-old Will Hunter, an actor in a group of travelling theatre players, comes across a young boy, barely alive, as their cart trundles through Kent. The boy is Thomas Rose. Will discovers that has a mysterious past, an uncanny ability for magic tricks – and he claims he can help put an end to the disease and misery that has gripped the land. But is Thomas an angel or a fraud? This book is the second in the collection of stand-alone titles set in medieval England - "Tales from the Middle Ages". The first book, "The Secret in the Tower", is set in medieval London during the tumultuous last days of the reign of Richard III. Both books are middle grade titles (age 9-12).