SEVEN  A day out ofRome, Bedwyr met a group of other mercenaries whose contracts had expired, and who traveled toGaulto place themselves in spear service to the feuding grandsons of the Frankish King Clovis. They traveled up the west coast of Italia along theAurelian Road, which their efforts had for the moment made secure. Westward … Continue reading →

Prologue   CAMLANN   Arthur, High King of Britain, wearily glanced at the piece of broken spear in his hand and cast it aside. Shading his eyes against the dying sun, he looked down into the valley. The green turf, now smeared with red, lay torn and gouged by hundreds of horses and littered with … Continue reading →