Northumbria.
Oslac, thegn of the village of Acum, feels cheated - having been robbed of the
chance to kill his enemy by his own kinsman.
Instead, Gundulf, the erstwhile Lord of Hexham and murderer of Acum's
villagers, is now awaiting justice for his crimes in Bebbanburh, Earl Oswulf’s
fortress capital far to the north.
But when Oslac narrowly escapes death at the hands of Gundulf’s assassin, he
realises he will never be safe while the Dane lives. Summoning his closest
companions, Oslac heads north to demand Oswulf put an end to Gundulf’s life -
only to find the prisoner has escaped.
Tracking the fugitive into the wild hills and dales of Northumbria – places far
beyond the reach of Oswulf’s power – Oslac falls into Gundulf’s trap when the
earl’s warband is ambushed with catastrophic consequences.
Elsewhere, unrest in the north of England is growing. Impotent in the face of
Norman avaricious brutality, the Saxon nobility can do nothing to prevent their
ancestral lands being passed to foreign invaders. It can only be endured for so
long, and a reckoning is coming.
Once again, Oslac must put aside his personal vendetta to join with the few
remaining great lords of Anglo-Saxon England in what may prove to be the final,
climactic stand against their Norman overlords.
The song of swords will echo across the land once more.
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Paul Bernardi studied Anglo-Saxon and Medieval history at
the University of Leeds more years ago than he cares to remember. He has been
an author of historical fiction since his first novel (a Second World War drama) was published in 2017. Since then, he has reverted to his favoured
period, publishing six more novels (so far) set in 11th-century England, mainly
around the time of the Norman Conquest.
Paul Bernardi's books are published by Sharp Books.
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