Michael Mathison has hated Gideon since they were at university together. When his brother dies unexpectedly, he becomes the Duke of Westmoreland. From Book 1:Order of the Black Knights Gideon Maybury enjoys a life of wealth and privilege, not to mention the advantages his position offers him in his career as a merchant banker and his less public life as a high-class, skilled, and very well-paid assassin for Her Majesty’s government.
