When old enemies kidnap his betrothed, it falls on Llew to become the hero everyone in the land already believes him to be, a fearsome royal figure of song and legend who slays monsters, consorts with the Fae, moves at ease through the greatest courts in the land, and shrugs off bandits as others might a swarm of biting midges.
Yet, in the fragmented land of Tethera, nothing is ever quite as it seems. That certainly includes Prince Llew of Gwent.
Despite this, he must face armies and monstrosities, evil schemes, and deadly enchantments, both of his own world and others, all in a desperate quest for the one thing that can ransom his princess’s life, a relic once worn by High King Math himself, the long lost Torc of Tethera.
Michael Laird has lived and traveled all over the world and worked in a large number of jobs and occupations ranging from lifeguard, selling appliances, and running a rifle range early on and, later, as a missile launch crew commander, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, a captain in special ops and, for some time now, as a contractor/consultant in the field of software development.
He currently lives in Westchester County, New York, with his wife Linda. With four grown children between the two of them, they are expecting this to eventually lead to grandchildren. Even so, they still consider themselves too young to be grandparents. Currently they are between dogs.
Book Two of the Chronicles of Tethera, a world where magic exists, and Boudicca defeated the Romans.
Prince Llew and company travel abroad to meet his fiancee, Princess Bloddeuwedd. She's abducted by an evil king, working for an evil organization. Her ransom is the Torc of Tethera, a legendary artifact lost to time. The company has to go all over creation to find it, having adventures all along the way.