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SON OF THE MORNING
By: Mark Alder
Pegasus
February 2016
On Sale: February 15, 2016
Featuring: Edward III; Philip Valois of France
ISBN: 1605989509
EAN: 9781605989501
Kindle: B012U3WR5K
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In an epic novel that reimagines the Hundred Years War?in a world where angels and demons choose sides on the battlefield?England and France find themselves locked in a holy war, but which country has God's favor? England, 1337: Edward III is beset on all sides, plagued by debt and surrounded by doubters. He refuses to pay homage to the newly crowned Philip Valois of France and seeks to secure his French holdings, but he's outmanned. Philip can put 50,000 men in the field, but he is having his own problems: he has summoned the angels themselves to fight for France, but the angels refuse to fight. Both kings send priests far and wide, seeking holy relics and heavenly beings to take up the cause of their country, but God remains stubbornly silent, refusing to grant favor to either side. Meanwhile, among the poor and downtrodden, heretical whispers are taking hold: what if God—who has never been seen to do anything for them—is not the rightful leader of the heavens after all? And as Edwardโs situation becomes increasingly desperate, even his counselors begin to believe that if God wonโt listen, perhaps they can find a savior not from Heaven, but from Hell. In a sweeping tale packed with courtiers and kings, knights and priests, and devils and angels, Mark Alder breathes fresh and imaginative life into the Hundred Years War in this unique historical epic.
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