Queen of Swords

A young Spanish aristocrat, Tessa Alvarado, is shocked when she learns of her father’s death.

When the men begin to disappear, the Queen of Swords springs to action.

When a deadly fever grips the town, Doctor Helm’s medicine is the only cure.

When Don Aguilera is shot, his son assumes the would-be assassin is Don Fuentes.

A peasant girl lays dead by the hand of her well-moneyed lover, Anton, and the only witness is Tessa, who vows to testify against him.

Montoya commissions Spain’s finest swordsman to strike down the Queen of Swords. Unbeknownst to Antonio, his target is also his long-lost love, Tessa.

During a spree of burglaries, Tessa’s godfather, Don Federico, is killed, robbing the young woman of yet another loved one.

Tessa risks life and limb to liberate two men captured by Montoya.

A woman dressed in black wielding a sword robs the payroll gold, and news of the Queen of Swords’ treachery and betrayal quickly spreads.

An infamous bandit, El Serpiente, targets Santa Helena, inadvertently pitting the Queen of Swords and Doctor Helm against each other.

Grisham gets wind of an old plot hatched by three Dons to keep their friend’s wealth from Montoya.

An Ambassador to the King of Spain arrives in Santa Helena with only one thing on his mind – the Queen of Swords’ head.

A man from Vera’s past comes to Santa Helena, threatening to topple her carefully constructed house of cards.

Tessa’s uncle, Don Alejandro, arrives from Spain, vowing to bring justice to his brother’s killer.

An Englishwoman, Camilla Wentworth, and her two slaves escape her abusive husband by hiding in Santa Helena.

When Montoya and his men depart Santa Helena for Monterey, leaving Grisham in command, Krane, sets his sights on the pueblo.

A horse rides into town carrying a wounded stranger, whose last words accuse the Rey family of lies and murder.

Roman and Fenner, two con men riding through town, convince Montoya that they can catch the Queen of Swords – for the 1000 reales reward.

A clipper ship delivers strangers, a Samurai master and his apprentice, to a strange land.