Usurper
P. W. Finch'Finch has written a blood-soaked historical epic to rank with the best' Anthony Riches, author of Storm of War
The throne of England is under threat, but one lad's battle is much closer to home.Storm clouds gathering at England's shores...
Autumn, 1066. Saxon England, a realm at peace for fifty years, unknowingly enjoys its last peaceful harvest. For a Viking horde, led by the dreaded Harald Hardraada, circles off the north-eastern coast, while William of Normandy, a wolf in human guise, waits in the south, greedily sizing up the wealthy kingdom.
...will change a young man's future...
Seventeen-year-old Cerdic, as second in line to the earldom of Ripon in northern England, is being trained for a future in the Church. But croziers and catechism do not fire Cerdic's soul. He longs instead to be a warrior, like his brother Unferth, and ride to battle in defence of his lands.
...and...