Kit Glover is London's finest boy actor. Audiences flock to see him portray imperious queens and scheming noblewomen in plays by William Shakespeare. But when he's not acting, Kit's manner is hard to make out. First he's cool and disdainful, next fierce and angry, then madcap and bawdy-which is the real Kit? Or is his true nature something else again? After sharing the stage with Kit for nearly a year, Richard Malory has given up trying to understand him. And if Kit is unusually hostile toward Richard, well, their scenes together have a certain bite that plays well onstage. Richard will seek friendship elsewhere. But the friends Kit has sought out threaten to change everything. Richard suspects that Kit's low companions are behind a series of crimes that could cost the theater company its good standing and could cost Kit his head. And so, reluctantly, Richard ventures out to the shadowy edges of the law himself to help his rival this fascinating infuriating, troubled prince of a boy, teetering on the brink of becoming a king...or a criminal.
