When Harald, the second son of King Cnute,
returns from fighting the king's enemies in Northern Wales, he expects his life
to return to normal⸺farming in the Midlands, overseeing his few tenants,
evening walks with his beloved Selia⸺an idyllic life, far from the
power-mongering of King Cnute's court. But the king has other plans for Harald
and his wife—he grants them a large landholding, a gift they cannot refuse.
On arriving at their new holding, Ravens Hill, Harald and Selia receive a tepid welcome⸺from belligerent housecarls, a conniving steward, an uncompromising abbess, bitter at not adding their estate to her abbey lands, a priest with roaming hands, and a grieving daughter of the previous landholder, who has entered the nunnery.
Harald and Selia wish to improve the lot of their tenant farmers but they face obstacles at every turn, and Harald’s generosity is seen as weakness. They also learn the lands come with an unexpected millstone—an unsolved murder.
And then the trouble begins.
[Fans of Bernard Cornwell will love Ravens Hill—part of the award-winning Atheling Chronicles series.]
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Garth Pettersen is an award-winning
Canadian writer living in the Fraser Valley near Vancouver, BC, Canada where he
and his wife board horses.
Pettersen has a BA in History from the University of Victoria and is a retired teacher. His short stories have appeared in anthologies and in journals such as Blank Spaces, The Spadina Literary Review, and The Opening Line Literary 'Zine.
Garth Pettersen's historical fiction series, The Atheling Chronicles, is published by Tirgearr Publishing and is available through most online outlets. Book #4 in the series, The Sea’s Edge, received a first-place Incipere Award. Book #5, Ravens Hill, was released on April 15, 2025.
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