In Saxon's Bane by Geoffrey Gudgion a car crash on a lonely country road, caused by the sudden appearance of a stag, leads to very unexpected results.
Many weeks later the driver is visited in hospital by one of the two people who found him and his dead colleague, triggering bizarre memories of the crash and leading him to visit her village to thank her when he is discharged. He finds strange events happening in the village; an archaeological dig finds the body of a Saxon in an old bog, with a still visible tattoo, the village Church is being desecrated and evil rituals are being performed...
A good horror mystery with romance added to the mix, Saxon's Bane is an excellent debut novel and thoroughly enjoyable read.
Fergus Sheppard’s world changes for ever the day his car
crashes near the remote village of Allingley. Traumatised by
his near-death experience, he returns to thank the villagers
who rescued him, and stays to work at the local stables as
he recovers from his injuries. He will discover a gentler
pace of life, fall in love β and be targeted for human
sacrifice.
Clare Harvey’s life will never be the same either. The young
archaeologist’s dream find β the peat-preserved body of a
Saxon warrior β is giving her nightmares. She can tell that
the warrior had been ritually murdered, and that the partial
skeleton lying nearby is that of a young woman. And their
tragic story is unfolding in her head every time she goes to
sleep.
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