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August 2013
On Sale: August 1, 2013
416 pages
ISBN: 1402280769
EAN: 9781402280764
Kindle: B00DC7PXKK
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Fantasy Urban
It's January 1069. Less than three years have passed since
Hastings and the death of the usurper, Harold Godwineson. In
the depths of winter, two thousand Normans march to subdue
the troublesome province of Northumbria. Tancred a Dinant,
an ambitious and oath-sworn knight and a proud leader of
men, is among them, hungry for battle, for silver and for
land. But at Durham the Normans are ambushed in the streets
by English rebels. In the battle that ensues, their army is
slaughtered almost to a man. Badly wounded, Tancred barely
escapes with his life. His lord is among those slain. Soon
the enemy are on the march, led by the dispossessed prince
Eadgar, the last of the ancient Saxon line, who is
determined to seize the realm he believes is his. Yet even
as Tancred seeks vengeance for his lord's murder, he finds
himself caught up in secret dealings between a powerful
Norman magnate and a shadow from the past. As the Norman and
English armies prepare to clash, Tancred begins to uncover a
plot which harks back to the day of Hastings itself. A plot
which, if allowed to succeed, threatens to undermine the
entire Conquest. The fate of the Kingdom hangs in the
balance...
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