From the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys adventure fiction, The Black Arrow is a swashbuckling portrait of a young mans journey to discover the heroism within himself. Young Dick Shelton, caught in the midst of Englands War of the Roses, finds his loyalties torn between the guardian who will ultimately betray him and the l From the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys adventure fiction, The Black Arrow is a swashbuckling portrait of a young mans journey to discover the heroism within himself. Young Dick Shelton, caught in the midst of Englands War of the Roses, finds his loyalties torn between the guardian who will ultimately betray him and the leader of a secret fellowship, The Black Arrow. As Shelton is drawn deeper into this conspiracy, he must distinguish friend from foe and confront war, shipwreck, revenge, murder, and forbidden love, as Englands crown threatens to topple around him.