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The Saga of Roland Inness #6
Declan O'Duinne
With King Richard making war on the French and Prince Llywelyn consolidating power in Wales, peace prevails across England and the Welsh Marches. But bloody strife rages in the north of Ireland, drawing Declan O’Duinne back to his homeland. He’s been ten years gone, but some things never change. The Anglo-Normans relentlessly expand their Irish domains while the Irish kings fight amongst themselves. Can Declan and his fellow knight, Roland Inness, help save what’s left of free Ireland? The first four books in the saga—Longbow, Warbow, The Broken Realm and The Ransomed Crown tell the coming-of-age story of the young archer. A Prince of Wales, the fifth in the series, follows Roland Inness as he leads the legendary Invalid Company into Wales to help Llywelyn the Great win a throne. The sixth book in the series, Declan O'Duinne, takes Roland and Declan to Ireland, where they are plunged into a new Norman conquest. The seventh and final book in the Saga, A Question of Honour was published in October, 2019.
If you would like to know more about the author or get updates on new books, visit his webpage at www.waynegrantbooks.com or the Longbow Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Longbowbooks/ .
If you would like to know more about the author or get updates on new books, visit his webpage at www.waynegrantbooks.com or the Longbow Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Longbowbooks/ .
291 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 10, 2018
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About the author
Wayne Grant
15 books99 followersWayne Grant grew up in a tiny cotton town in rural Louisiana where hunting, fishing and farming were a way of life. Between chopping cotton, dove hunting and Little League ball he developed a love of great adventure stories like Call It Courage and Kidnapped.
Like most southern boys of that era he saw the military as an honorable and adventurous career. Every living male member of his family had served in the Army covering World Wars I and II, Korea and Vietnam, so it was a natural step for him to attend and graduate from West Point. He just missed Vietnam, but found that life as a Captain in an army broken by that war was not what he wanted.
After tours in Germany and Korea, he returned to Louisiana and civilian life where he began a 10 year career in government including four years as a senior official in the Pentagon during the Reagan administration. During those years he saw the Army reborn from its post-Vietnam nadir to the outstanding force it became and remains today.
The Saga of Roland Inness series began as the coming-of-age tale of a fourteen-year-old boy who possessed extraordinary talent with a longbow. It is a story of courage, loyalty, honor and treachery. Most of all, it a story of high adventure set in a time so filled with drama it has spawned legends that fascinate people to this day. It is the time of Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Eleanor of Aquitaine and William Marshall, legendary figures all--some real and some fictional.
The Saga of Roland Inness begins with four books--Longbow, Warbow, The Broken Realm and The Ransomed Crown. These four books are the coming-of-age story I set out to tell. Having told that tale, I fully intended to move on to other stories, but something unexpected happened. Readers all over the world found something special in Roland Inness and his companions and wanted more. I'd grown rather fond of my boy with the longbow as well and knew there were more stories to tell. So the Saga continues. A Prince of Wales, the fifth in the series was published in November, 2017. A new Roland Inness adventure will be out in fall, 2018.
If you would like to know more about the author or get updates on new books, visit his webpage at www.waynegrantbooks.com or the Longbow Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Longbowbooks/ .
Like most southern boys of that era he saw the military as an honorable and adventurous career. Every living male member of his family had served in the Army covering World Wars I and II, Korea and Vietnam, so it was a natural step for him to attend and graduate from West Point. He just missed Vietnam, but found that life as a Captain in an army broken by that war was not what he wanted.
After tours in Germany and Korea, he returned to Louisiana and civilian life where he began a 10 year career in government including four years as a senior official in the Pentagon during the Reagan administration. During those years he saw the Army reborn from its post-Vietnam nadir to the outstanding force it became and remains today.
The Saga of Roland Inness series began as the coming-of-age tale of a fourteen-year-old boy who possessed extraordinary talent with a longbow. It is a story of courage, loyalty, honor and treachery. Most of all, it a story of high adventure set in a time so filled with drama it has spawned legends that fascinate people to this day. It is the time of Richard the Lionheart, Robin Hood, Eleanor of Aquitaine and William Marshall, legendary figures all--some real and some fictional.
The Saga of Roland Inness begins with four books--Longbow, Warbow, The Broken Realm and The Ransomed Crown. These four books are the coming-of-age story I set out to tell. Having told that tale, I fully intended to move on to other stories, but something unexpected happened. Readers all over the world found something special in Roland Inness and his companions and wanted more. I'd grown rather fond of my boy with the longbow as well and knew there were more stories to tell. So the Saga continues. A Prince of Wales, the fifth in the series was published in November, 2017. A new Roland Inness adventure will be out in fall, 2018.
If you would like to know more about the author or get updates on new books, visit his webpage at www.waynegrantbooks.com or the Longbow Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Longbowbooks/ .
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December 13, 2018
A Great Fun Read
Nice read, lots of fun. I really like this author’s style. The entire series has been a joy to read. Please write more.
Nice read, lots of fun. I really like this author’s style. The entire series has been a joy to read. Please write more.
December 3, 2018
History is a subject that is often mismanaged, misunderstood, or utterly abused. We have been outrightly lied to, or told that history is a collection of dry dates and events and nothing more.
History is a living and breathing thing. It’s a continuing story, where each of us when we are born take our place upon the timeline and as Gandalf the Grey so wisely says, “all we have to do is to decide what to do with the time given to us.”
Wayne Grant has found the truth of history in a way more authors should, he makes it human again. I love Roland Inness, Declan O’Duinne, Millicent Inness and their friends because they are real. The people of these books, they are not confined to the dusty pages filled with dry dates and events. They live, they love, they dream, they fear, they fight, and they do the best with the time that is given to them. And I find that encouraging as I attempt to do the same thing by the grace of God in my place on the timeline.
I can’t say that was my absolute favorite book of the series, but I still give it 5 stars because even “not my favorite book” of The Roland Inness Saga is still going to get a high rating. Declan has stood staunchly at Roland’s side for 5 books, it was time for him to take center stage, and he did well.
I appreciate the brotherhood in these books. The compassion and the bravery born out of love. I like seeing strong men and women (both fictional and real) building each other up instead of tearing each other down.
Irish history is one of regular heartbreak in my opinion. These beautiful people got the short end of the stick during so many centuries, therefore this chapter of their history was encouraging, as well as a great reminder of why “United we stand, divided we fall” is such a true statement. I felt that this story was an honest and beautiful tribute to the Irish and their story. I learned things I never knew before, but I hope to discover more about in time.
I enjoy some of the very “macho” moments of this book and the rest of the series. Grant knows how cool his characters are, and they carry themselves with such humility most of the time that I delight when he decides to show off a bit. We all love a good hero, and Grant knows how to deliver them!
I also appreciate that Grant is not constantly seeking to find the “darkness” of history. As a resurgence of historical-based content is sweeping media, I feel that many stories are being mis-told. True, there are many dark moments of history, people have been evil since the Fall in Eden. But not every blank space is filled with content from the gutter, and I am sick of seeing people assume the worst in every story.
Just as our world is now, there were truly honorable and loving people who lived before. They loved their country, their families, and their God. They fought for a future for themselves and their children, and they did the best they could.
I like Grant’s perspective on history. It’s honest, not unnecessarily whitewashed, but it’s hopeful.
I cannot wait for the next book.
History is a living and breathing thing. It’s a continuing story, where each of us when we are born take our place upon the timeline and as Gandalf the Grey so wisely says, “all we have to do is to decide what to do with the time given to us.”
Wayne Grant has found the truth of history in a way more authors should, he makes it human again. I love Roland Inness, Declan O’Duinne, Millicent Inness and their friends because they are real. The people of these books, they are not confined to the dusty pages filled with dry dates and events. They live, they love, they dream, they fear, they fight, and they do the best with the time that is given to them. And I find that encouraging as I attempt to do the same thing by the grace of God in my place on the timeline.
I can’t say that was my absolute favorite book of the series, but I still give it 5 stars because even “not my favorite book” of The Roland Inness Saga is still going to get a high rating. Declan has stood staunchly at Roland’s side for 5 books, it was time for him to take center stage, and he did well.
I appreciate the brotherhood in these books. The compassion and the bravery born out of love. I like seeing strong men and women (both fictional and real) building each other up instead of tearing each other down.
Irish history is one of regular heartbreak in my opinion. These beautiful people got the short end of the stick during so many centuries, therefore this chapter of their history was encouraging, as well as a great reminder of why “United we stand, divided we fall” is such a true statement. I felt that this story was an honest and beautiful tribute to the Irish and their story. I learned things I never knew before, but I hope to discover more about in time.
I enjoy some of the very “macho” moments of this book and the rest of the series. Grant knows how cool his characters are, and they carry themselves with such humility most of the time that I delight when he decides to show off a bit. We all love a good hero, and Grant knows how to deliver them!
I also appreciate that Grant is not constantly seeking to find the “darkness” of history. As a resurgence of historical-based content is sweeping media, I feel that many stories are being mis-told. True, there are many dark moments of history, people have been evil since the Fall in Eden. But not every blank space is filled with content from the gutter, and I am sick of seeing people assume the worst in every story.
Just as our world is now, there were truly honorable and loving people who lived before. They loved their country, their families, and their God. They fought for a future for themselves and their children, and they did the best they could.
I like Grant’s perspective on history. It’s honest, not unnecessarily whitewashed, but it’s hopeful.
I cannot wait for the next book.
May 28, 2019
A good end to an exciting and enjoyable series. The characters were heroic, lovable, loathsome or NPR's. I could have read another 10 books about Roland and his pals.
January 12, 2019
I whipped right through this the 6th book in the Saga of Roland Inness (& I’m anything but a fast reader!). I loved the focus on Declan, Roland’s “brother from another mother”, and the change of setting from England to Ireland. Like the previous books in the series, the writing and historical detail continue to be excellent - which I find all too uncommon for books of this “Action and Adventure” genre.
As an example (page 39):
“But unlike the gleaming white of London’s Tower, the dull grey stone of Carrickfergus seemed to draw in and deaden the light of the sun rather than reflect it. It proclaimed, with no room for argument, that John de Courcy ruled this land.”
As a rule, I save 5 stars for my favorites and/or for something I find extraordinary. While I’ve given all of the separate books in the series 4 stars, the series as a whole is definitely one of my favorites and therefore deserving of 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you’re at all inclined to enjoy an escape to another place and time, I highly recommend you meet Roland Inness & crew and follow their many adventures.
As an example (page 39):
“But unlike the gleaming white of London’s Tower, the dull grey stone of Carrickfergus seemed to draw in and deaden the light of the sun rather than reflect it. It proclaimed, with no room for argument, that John de Courcy ruled this land.”
As a rule, I save 5 stars for my favorites and/or for something I find extraordinary. While I’ve given all of the separate books in the series 4 stars, the series as a whole is definitely one of my favorites and therefore deserving of 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you’re at all inclined to enjoy an escape to another place and time, I highly recommend you meet Roland Inness & crew and follow their many adventures.
December 15, 2018
This Saga Always Makes Good Reading
I stumbled upon the first in the series by accident. I am glad I did. These are great stories about honor and adventure.
I stumbled upon the first in the series by accident. I am glad I did. These are great stories about honor and adventure.
November 24, 2021
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Again, as previously in this series, a WOMAN has more brains and testosterone than any pathetic Caveman Male, and is the purest, cleanest, most wondrous leader in the universe:
“The girl shrugged. ‘There are those in my camp who despise me simply because I am a woman who speaks my mind and others who dislike that I speak against this base surrender that de Courcy offers. If they knew I was here, they would not hesitate to kill me. But there are others who feel as I do.’
“‘Yet you are here and not they….’”
This is a good series, but I’ve read enough of it, and now I can hardly wait for it to stop.
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Again, as previously in this series, a WOMAN has more brains and testosterone than any pathetic Caveman Male, and is the purest, cleanest, most wondrous leader in the universe:
“The girl shrugged. ‘There are those in my camp who despise me simply because I am a woman who speaks my mind and others who dislike that I speak against this base surrender that de Courcy offers. If they knew I was here, they would not hesitate to kill me. But there are others who feel as I do.’
“‘Yet you are here and not they….’”
This is a good series, but I’ve read enough of it, and now I can hardly wait for it to stop.
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March 9, 2019
Great series!
I am actually writing this review for all five books in the series. Great weaving together of historical based fiction with truly engaging characters and epic battles. I couldn't put down the books. I highly recommend this series to anyone who, like me, loves historical fiction.
I am actually writing this review for all five books in the series. Great weaving together of historical based fiction with truly engaging characters and epic battles. I couldn't put down the books. I highly recommend this series to anyone who, like me, loves historical fiction.
April 18, 2019
Disappointed.
I cannot state exactly why I was disappointed by this book but I was. A sad continuation of the series. This book seems to follownin the same vein as the previous volumes but something vital was missing. When all is said and done by this is still a great author and I am a fan.
I cannot state exactly why I was disappointed by this book but I was. A sad continuation of the series. This book seems to follownin the same vein as the previous volumes but something vital was missing. When all is said and done by this is still a great author and I am a fan.
March 2, 2021
God Bless the Irish
This is the sixth book of the series that I have read in the past two weeks.
I love the characters and totally feel that I am with them in their adventures. My grandparents were from Armagh and I actually cried and trembled listening to the battle. Thank you for the touching and entries tale.
This is the sixth book of the series that I have read in the past two weeks.
I love the characters and totally feel that I am with them in their adventures. My grandparents were from Armagh and I actually cried and trembled listening to the battle. Thank you for the touching and entries tale.
January 25, 2022
I enjoyed seeing Declan have a larger role in the story and in hearing more about the struggle to keep part of Ireland free from English rule. This is a series about Roland Innis and of course he was a major part of the story. I just wish Declan had had the major role in this story instead of Roland.
October 3, 2022
Oh yeah...
The action scenes in the last third of the book is absolutely amazing and worth reading. The build up to the battle scenes and the intertwining historical features were spot on. For the first time in my 61 years I am learning about the true meaning of Saint Patrick's Day and it has nothing to do with a four-leaf clover
The action scenes in the last third of the book is absolutely amazing and worth reading. The build up to the battle scenes and the intertwining historical features were spot on. For the first time in my 61 years I am learning about the true meaning of Saint Patrick's Day and it has nothing to do with a four-leaf clover
May 27, 2024
Tension filled
Another good read in the series. Nearly all done. The books are jam-packed with tension filled moments, where the "good guys" are severely outnumbered by those coming to kill them. I enjoy the story weaved throughout of the characters we have come to love. Always a good ending.
Another good read in the series. Nearly all done. The books are jam-packed with tension filled moments, where the "good guys" are severely outnumbered by those coming to kill them. I enjoy the story weaved throughout of the characters we have come to love. Always a good ending.
February 11, 2019
Factual Outline of Fictional Characters
This series of true events with made up people is a very entertaining story. The author shows the outline of history at the end of his books. Can't wait for the next two books.
This series of true events with made up people is a very entertaining story. The author shows the outline of history at the end of his books. Can't wait for the next two books.
April 16, 2019
Enjoyed this series
Read all books in this series. Enjoyed all. Good action. Good characters ,well defined, enjoyable. Seemed to have good historic placement, making the stories believable. Would like more.
Read all books in this series. Enjoyed all. Good action. Good characters ,well defined, enjoyable. Seemed to have good historic placement, making the stories believable. Would like more.
January 24, 2020
Excellent!!
Each book in the series can stand alone as its own adventure. This setting of Ireland was an interesting change and an education into a different part of this period. I am going directly to the next book!
Each book in the series can stand alone as its own adventure. This setting of Ireland was an interesting change and an education into a different part of this period. I am going directly to the next book!
November 13, 2021
A very good one!
Well written historical novel about a time in history I know little about.. This book continues, very well, the story of Roland Inness and the authors inclusions of a historical afterword and photos put icing on the cake!
Well written historical novel about a time in history I know little about.. This book continues, very well, the story of Roland Inness and the authors inclusions of a historical afterword and photos put icing on the cake!
April 5, 2022
Adventure unlimited
The series is indeed adventure unlimited. Set in medieval times it is a window of a time that is hard to imagine. Honour and respect rules these true warriors and the courage, resilience and military brilliance is astounding!
The series is indeed adventure unlimited. Set in medieval times it is a window of a time that is hard to imagine. Honour and respect rules these true warriors and the courage, resilience and military brilliance is astounding!
October 14, 2022
Excellent Series
A nice aside lets the reader delve into Declan's background. While Roland is included and is an important part of the tale, this is Declan's story. It provides the usual strong characters with a solid, well written storyline. As always, there is plenty of action.
A nice aside lets the reader delve into Declan's background. While Roland is included and is an important part of the tale, this is Declan's story. It provides the usual strong characters with a solid, well written storyline. As always, there is plenty of action.
November 16, 2018
Marvellous
Really good reason. Plenty of action and flowed beautifully. Could not put it down until I finished and eat b
Really good reason. Plenty of action and flowed beautifully. Could not put it down until I finished and eat b
December 31, 2018
Great adventure!
A great book for young or old, it is a swashbuckler for it’s time period. Very enjoyable read! I highly recommend the entire series.
A great book for young or old, it is a swashbuckler for it’s time period. Very enjoyable read! I highly recommend the entire series.
February 5, 2019
It just keeps getting better!!
I’m a huge fan of this series and gobble up every word. I anxiously await the next book or new series. Roland and Declan what a team!
I’m a huge fan of this series and gobble up every word. I anxiously await the next book or new series. Roland and Declan what a team!
February 10, 2019
Could not get a feel for this book.
June 22, 2019
I've really liked this series. Every book has kept me very interested. All the war's were very interesting.
July 5, 2019
Great series
A real set of great adventure books, once started I couldn't put it down. Next one please, I want to see the earl get his comeuppance.
A real set of great adventure books, once started I couldn't put it down. Next one please, I want to see the earl get his comeuppance.
July 25, 2019
A series well done!
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Held my interest through all five books.
Looking forward to more.
This has been one of the f
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Held my interest through all five books.
Looking forward to more.
October 1, 2019
Another good addition to the series.
January 15, 2022
Unputdownable
Brilliant saga, Mr Grant should be up there among Cornwell and the like,
Love this.literally cant put it down.
Top class.
Brilliant saga, Mr Grant should be up there among Cornwell and the like,
Love this.literally cant put it down.
Top class.
June 19, 2022
Yep, pretty good. The ending is makes sense, but it's a little like seriously?! Anyway good book but it's a little sad it's the second to last book in the series.
May 15, 2023
Exceptional historical fiction! I highly recommend!
August 16, 2023
Enjoy. A good read, even better when read in sequence as not too much time is spent in reviewing past books, enough to make sense.
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