AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW: MATTHEW HARFFY'S UNMISSABLE NEW BERNICIA CHRONICLES NOVEL, BANE OF BERNICIA!

Anglo-Saxon warlord Beobrand is plunged into a dark world of piracy and slavery when an old friend enlists his help to recover a kidnapped girl.

AD 643. Embarking onto the wind-tossed seas in order to rescue the victim of a kidnapping by slavers, Beobrand pursues his quarry with single-minded tenacity. But the Whale Road is never calm. Beobrand's journey is beset with storms, violence.... and betrayal, for it is not only the seas that prove treacherous.

As the winds of his wyrd blow him ever further from what he knows, will Beobrand find victory on his quest and return to Northumbria a hero once more... or has his luck finally abandoned him?

From bestselling author MATTHEW HARFFY, the Bernicia Chronicles are gripping historical action-adventure novels set in Anglo-Saxon Britain and beyond. The epic story of warlord Beobrand and his life of battle and bloodshed, guile and glory, the Bernicia Chronicles are perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and David Gemmell.

Reviews for Matthew Harffy

'Rings like sword song in the reader's mind' Giles Kristian
'Historical fiction doesn't get much better than this' Angus Donald
'A brilliant characterization of a difficult hero' Christian Cameron
'Illuminates the Dark Ages like a bolt of lightning' Toby Clements
'Harffy tells a great story' Joanna Hickson
'A genuinely superb novel' Steven A. McKay

READ ALL OF MATTHEW HARFFY'S BREATHTAKING BERNICIA CHRONICLES:

#1 The Serpent Sword
#2 The Cross and the Curse
#3 Blood and Blade
#4 Killer of Kings
#5 Warrior of Woden
#6 Storm of Steel
#7 Fortress of Fury
#8 For Lord and Land
#9 Forest of Foes
#10 Shadows of the Slain