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As son to Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, young Edward is rushed into adulthood and kingship when his father suddenly dies. At the age of just nine-years-old however, King Edward VI cannot rule on his own, and many who had sworn fealty to him begin to work in secret to attain their own political goals. But, unbeknownst to the rest of the world, Edward has his own secret–one he must never allow to come to light.

As a girl, Mary had been a disappointment from the moment she was born. Deemed utterly useless to inherit the throne of England, Mary soon learns that despite being born the daughter of a king, nothing in her life would come easily. And when Henry VIII divorces his queen in favour of another, Mary’s future takes an uncertain turn. Through lost loves and unbearable grief, Mary fights to hold on to the hope that her life would one day bear some meaning, leading her on a hopeless path to achieve her twisted fate.

Elizabeth, the daughter to the proclaimed Great Whore, Anne Boleyn, learns early on in life that the throne of England is a dangerous pursuit. But when her beloved brother and sister die childless and she is left as the only remaining Tudor heir, Elizabeth hardens herself to do her duty. She knows what she must do, though it might cost her her own happiness.

Everyone was thrilled to be there…until they weren’t. Follow five people worlds apart as they find themselves in the same place at the same time, and it soon becomes clear that one of them is hiding something. When tragedy strikes, these five seemingly unconnected strangers would now forever be linked by the most terrifying thing imaginable: their basic instinct to survive.