In every court, in every century, someone profits from poison. And someone must stand between the chalice and the crown.

In 1521, Thomas Tester serves as poison-taster in King Henry VIII’s court, risking his life to protect a kingdom teeming with betrayal. Generations later, Dr. Grace Blackwood uncovers a hidden archive in the Appalachian hills—evidence of pharmaceutical targeting and a legacy of healers who once stood between life and death.

Spanning five centuries and two conspiracies, The Testers: What the Poison Remembered weaves historical suspense, Appalachian noir, and medical thriller into a haunting narrative of resistance, memory, and justice. As old enemies resurface in new forms, one family’s secrets could ignite a reckoning generations in the making.