A magnificent novel blending fantasy with history, mortal intrigue with otherworldly powers, Midnight Never Come brings to light a gifted new writer of fantastic fiction. Under Marie Brennan's hand, Elizabethan England becomes a place underlaid with magic, where structures change of their own accord, where ghosts and abducted humans wander, and what is dismissed as blessing or good fortune is in truth the work of unseen spirits or the capricious whims of the Fair Folk.
Hidden beneath London, a dangerous realm exists, dark mirror to the glory above. Ruled by the heartless Invidiana, the existence of the Onyx Court is suspected by only a few. But two courtiers, both struggling for royal favour, are about to uncover the secret pact that links the thrones together.
Sent to manipulate Elizabeth's spymaster, the faerie lady Lune falls in love with gentleman agent Michael Deven. But when he discovers who she really is, it will test Lune's loyalty and Deven's courage alike. Will she betray her Queen for the sake of a world not her own? And can he survive in the strange, Machiavellian world of the fae? Only together will they be able to find the source of Invidiana's malevolent power-and break it.