Stormboar: Renaissance historical fiction

by Jude Mahoney

The year is 1451 and the rival factions of the Holy Roman Empire are at constant war. No quarter is given and the innocent on all sides are massacred in their thousands. It is a time of war and savagery where the weak are but pawns in the games of kings.From the heart of the Black Forest, raiders strike a village in the dead of night and slaughter its inhabitants and the destiny of one boy is changed forever. Forced to survive and take refuge in the dense forests that surround his home, Otto Baldwinson happens upon a twist of fate that sees him enter the service of the greatest fight-master of the age.Having mastered the mysterious ways of the longsword, Otto embarks on an adventure that charts his rise to becoming a knight and saving the life of the most powerful man in the land, the Holy Roman Emperor himself.Stormboar is a historical fiction short story about the life and times of the remarkable Otto Baldwinson, and a prequel to the Heroes of Florence series of books.

59 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 29, 2016