Third in the Saxon Tales series.In 878, Uhtred the dispossessed heir of Bebbbanberg, has been rewarded by Alfred, King of Wessex, for Uhtred’s critical role in winning the battle of Ethandun against a Danish army-with a miserable little holding that was barely able to support the three slave families that worked it. Almost like he forgot to take that part out) and we're left with an afterword that promises more adventure with our favorite Saxon cum Dane.I'm not sure I'll ever get sick of this format of revenge, heroics, gritty, realistic battle sequences, and a slight touch of the possibly mystical all on top of a well researched historical background. But then that went away (which is kinda lame if you think about it. I thought that this would be the last book of Utred because in the middle somewhere he started talking as if he was an old man telling you of his story and that in the end he would end up being in the present day as an old man. Hearing it is like visiting an old friend. but they're just so damn good.Not every one is great, and none of them have lived up to the Warlord trilogy but this series is pretty spectacular and the narrator's voice is perfect for the story. I keep thinking after reading so many of his books of the same genre I should be feeling guilty like I'm reading Star Trek or romance novels or something.
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