A royal conspiracy. Buried secrets from Czarist Russia. One man's past may hold the key to the Crown's survival.

The Queen's doctor vanishes overboard from the Royal Yacht Britannia.

A white cat is slaughtered in an English country garden.

A deadly secret from Czarist Russia reawakens.

London. Worcestershire. Paris. Vienna.

Twelve-year-old Jack Steele never forgot what he saw—or what others tried to make him forget.

His beloved great-aunt Florence, a trusted servant inside the British royal household, had uncovered a conspiracy so explosive it threatened the very foundations of the monarchy. Before she could reveal the truth, she was branded a traitor.

Ten years later, Steele is drawn back into the shadows when evidence resurfaces: a lost Imperial Russian medal and a mysterious signed photograph of King George V and Czar Nicholas II—artifacts tied to a secret powerful enough to destroy the British Crown.

As Steele hunts across London, Worcestershire, Paris, and Vienna, he uncovers a chilling assassination plot against the Queen of England—and faces a choice that will define his life forever:

Save the Crown…or save himself.

Inspired by the royal memoir From Cottage to Palace, Crown Deception is the explosive prequel to The Deception Series—the untold origin of Jack Steele's first and most dangerous royal conspiracy.

For readers of John le Carré, Frederick Forsyth, Daniel Silva, and Ian Fleming. "Crown Deception is a thriller of rare authority—gripping, intelligent, and genuinely important."—RICHARD FLANAGAN, author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Man Booker Prize Winner)