The novel is set in the heart of the Dark Ages and shows the struggle between the Saxons and the remnants of Romano-British tribes. Using actual events from the time the story is of the struggle of a legendary leader with a magical sword who unites the last of the free peoples against King Edwin and his Northumbrians. There is treachery and deceit as well as honour and courage. Filled with action and battles the novel continues the story of Lord Lann, the Wolf Warrior.
I was born in 1950 in Lancashire and attended a boy’s grammar school. After qualifying as an English and Drama teacher in 1972, I worked in the North East of England for the next 35 years. During that time I did write, mainly plays, pantos and musicals for the students at the three schools in which I worked.
When I stopped teaching I set up my own consultancy firm and worked as an adviser in schools and colleges in the North East of England. The new Conservative Government ended that avenue of work and in 2010 I found that I had time on my hands; having started work at the age of 15 I found the lack of work not to my liking and used the time to research the Roman invasion of Britain and begin to create a novel. The result was The Sword of Cartimandua.
My decision to begin writing was one of the best I have ever taken.
If you have read all the other books in this series then here you will find a crescendo of all the stories so far.
You will be shocked, stunned and incapable of writing a review.
Griff Hosker I love you and I hate you.
At the peak of the story lines I didn’t know if I could carry on, but then the last few chapters pulled me back in and I need to see what comes next. Wyrd.