Erann is home and Sereh is cured from her strange illness but their joy is short lived as unexpectedly meeting on Vatna Jokull, the Librarian and Emma break the terms of the long ago ‘Agreement’ thrusting Emma into her past, and the Librarian into a strange, trancelike state. Erann and Sereh must use the clues left by the Librarian and discovered by Greeneyes to return them to their former selves. But, when the answer seems to involve Rankil, will either of them be able to out aside their hatred of the man for the good of people they little like and who, the more they uncover about the past, the greater their involvement in the present becomes clear?
I'm an author of historical fiction (Early English/Saxon, Vikings and the British Isles as a whole before the Norman Conquest, as well as five 20th-century historical mysteries) and historical romantasy.
I was born in the old Mercian kingdom at some point since 1066. Raised in the shadow of a strange little building, told from a very young age that it housed the bones of long-dead kings of Mercia and that our garden was littered with old pieces of pottery from a long-ago battle, it's little wonder that my curiosity in Early England ran riot. I can only blame my parents!
I like to write. You've been warned!
Not sure where to start your journey through Saxon/Early England? The Dark Ages trilogy will take readers back to the very beginnings of Saxon England before the creation of Mercia and the other kingdoms. The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles featuring our reluctant hero, Icel, will introduce you to the best Saxon kingdom of all, Mercia! Storm of Mercia is the latest release.
Looking for my historical fantasy/romantasy? Dragonbound, the first book in the Ice and Fire series, will be available from September 2026.
Looking for my 20th-century mysteries? The Erdington Mysteries and Cragside, a standalone 1930s murder mystery, are the titles for you.
My first non-fiction book, The Royal Women Who Made England, is now published by Pen and Sword in hardback and ebook.
The book picks up directly after the previous one. We have a reunited Erann and Sereh. We learn lots of things about Emma and the Librarian and their connection to the dragons. So we get more backstory here. What is the significance of green eyes and the pendant? We get Greeneyes’ point of view here and I’m happy to see that. Other characters’ viewpoint help flush out the past and present events. There’s not much that can be said without spoilers, so if you’ve enjoyed this series so far then you’ll have a good time here. What an ending though!
I'm really enjoying the story of this series, but OMG the typos are over the top! There are so many it stops the flow of the story. My kindle has never had such a typo workout before.
I've really come to like the way the story is retold by two or three different perspectives. It gives light to how each person was feeling as the events were happening. Also gives extra little insights that each person observed that maybe one of the others didn't. Emma is taken back in time to witness her younger self and some drastic events that shaped her life. Can she do anything to change these events and stop a tradgedy occurring? I can't say much about the story line because anything I write will be a spoiler. There is so much happening as everyone moves forward to a new future.Although there is no real hint as to what this might entail yet. During the story more of the past is revealed explaining how the dragons and humans came to live apart and the rules of their continued existence. Sereh becomes a little love struck and I was worried she was going to lose her high-spiritedness. But it wasn't long before she was off again getting herself into trouble. It was good to see a little evil coming from Rankil in this book. I really need to have good reason to dislike the villian in a story.
These books are not stand alone and need to be read from the beginning of the series to understand the full story.
This is the third in a series of books and I've enjoyed them all. My only complaint is that I can't find the next book anywhere. If the author reads this please post it asap as I need to know what happens to Sereh, Erran and the other characters. Thanks.
I found this book much easier to read than previous ones in the series, in fact sometimes it was hard to stop reading. More details of the characters and what happened 500 years ago are becoming clear, and I'm even starting to feel like I can make guesses as to what might happen next.