When poverty strikes, an ageing farmer is forced to make a heartbreaking choice: relinquish his oldest son in the hope of appeasing the gods or see his family face certain starvation. And so it follows that young Lucius Ulpia Porcianus is sacrificed to Rome. Embarking on his new life, Lucius travels to Ancona to enlist […]
Rebellion by Griff Hosker
When Edgar Ætheling, great-nephew of Edward the Confessor and former contenderfor the English throne, raises the banner of rebellion in the north of England, he unleashes abloodbath that will echo for generations. Richard Fitz-Malet finds himself in the middle of theconflict which has him torn; being half English and half Norman, where do his allegiances […]
Captain of Horse by Griff Hosker
With ample fortunes garnered as a sword for hire and a loving wife now at his side, Captain James Bretherton at last looks to the prospect of leaving the world of war; instead, becoming a man who trains others to fight. Any plans for an easier life are soon thwarted, however, when King Gustavus Adolphus […]
Norse Warrior by Griff Hosker
Through chaos, a warrior finds his path. When Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor, declares war on the pagans of Denmark, Pomerania and the Baltic lands, he is unaware of the true might of the storm he is about to unleash. Meanwhile, in a small fjord in the north of Norway, a young Norse warrior is […]
Legacy by Griff Hosker
Sir John Hawkwood may be getting old but he is still as wily as a fox. Feared and revered in equal measure, one of the greatest military leaders the world has ever known is drawn once again into a territorial dispute, beginning at the Florentine borderlands. Leading a coalition of city-states, he strikes deep into […]
Desert War by Griff Hosker
Jack Roberts is back from the Sudan and, with a crippling wound, no longer an active soldier. When he is sent to Iran to help find oil for British battleships, he has to leave home once more. This time he leaves a son who is about to embark on a military career, too. The Roberts […]
The Ripples of Rebellion by Griff Hosker
When Sir Henry Samuel’s nephew, Sir Matthew, has to go to the crusades with Henry of Almain he does so reluctantly. The crusade that was almost a disaster did not begin well. With an ageing king and ageing regent left to rule England, it is left to lords like the Earl of Cleveland to put […]
The Knight’s Tale by Griff Hosker
Sir Michael of Weedon might think that his service to the crown ended when the Queen died and he was no longer required as her knight. He is wrong, for his qualities as a true and loyal warrior mean that he can be trusted. King Henry and the Earl of Suffolk send him to France […]