Wolfsong

by Peter Burton

"Needle sharp jolts of shock raced up Garth's arm from the unprepared for contact of steel meeting steel, and the limb went slightly numb. He retreated several yards from the kneeling Morgan, desperately trying to keep his grip on the weapon. As Morgan stared at the retreating Celt the blood haze began to fill his vision, tinting all colors into shades of red, and the wolfsong began to fill his ears." Morgan Wulfson; half Norse, half Celt outlaw known only as 'The Wolf' to the Roman Empire. Possessed by the spirit of the dark God Fenris Wolf, and wielding the uncanny battle-axe bearing the God's name, he searches Britain for the Roman officer who murdered his parents, and left him an orphan at the age of sixteen. Morgan soon discovers that not all paths are straight, that often things are not what they seem, and even the Gods have agendas of their own. Nivia Gwynne; healer, and Druid priestess who is one of the last survivors of the Roman massacre at the isle of Mona. Forced into the priesthood by her father, she secretly longs for her former days as one of the black-clad female warriors known as the Wild Women. Just as willful as she is beautiful, Nivia soon discovers that even a priestess is a woman first. When fate, and an unexpected raid on Nivia's hidden rebel village, throws the priestess and 'The Wolf' together, their love affair sets them both on a collision course with the Roman Empire, the remains of the Druidic religion, and the wicked Tribunus Laticlavius, Marcus Octavius. An ambitious soldier who will stop at nothing to rule the whole of the British isles, and destroy 'The Wolf' in the process. The resulting war between Octavius and 'The Wolf', threatens to set the whole of Rome aflame, and gives birth to one of the most enduring legends of the English world.

282 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2010