Kindle Edition, 336 pages
Published 2019 by Harper
_His blood is Saxon
His heart is Viking
His battleground is England_
It is a time of political turmoil once more as the fading King Edward begins to lose control over his successors and their supporters. There are two potential heirsβpossibly moreβand doubt over whether the once separate states of Wessex and Mercia will hold together . Despite attempts at pulling him into the political fray, Uhtred of Bebbanburg cares solely about his beloved Northumbria and its continuing independence from southern control.
But an oath is a strong, almost sacred commitment and such a promise had been exchanged between Uhtred and Aethelstan, his onetime companion in arms and now a potential king. Uhtred was tempted to ignore the demands of the oath and stay in his northern fastness, leaving the quarrelling Anglo-Saxons to sort out their own issues. But an attack on him by a leading supporter of one of the candidates and an unexpected appeal for help from another, drives Uhtred with a small band of warriors south, into the battle for kingshipβand Englandβs fate.