It had been a poor harvest in Scanlon Estate. The wheat crop had been meagre at best, and the apple orchards had been savaged by a blight that left three-quarters of the fruit blemished and rotting on...Read More
It had been a long, hard three days. Will had been on a tour of the villages surrounding Castle Redmont. It was something he did on a regular basis, keeping in touch with the villagers and their headm...Read More
“Avanti!” The command rang out over the sun-baked earth of the parade ground and the triple files of men stepped out together. At each stride, their iron-nailed sandals hit the ground in perfect u...Read More
There was a raw wind blowing off the small harbor. It carried the salt of the sea with it, and the smell of imminent rain. The lone rider shrugged. Even though it was late summer, it seemed to have be...Read More
He already had a fair idea who it would be. And even as he spoke, his guess was confirmed as a bay horse and a tall rider trotted out of the trees some hundred metres ahead of him to wait at the cross...Read More
‘You know, I rather think I agree,’ said a voice from behind him. Gundar leapt to his feet and spun round, his hand dropping to the sword at his belt. ‘Thurak’s horns!’ he cried. ‘Where th...Read More
Will’s eyes moved constantly, searching left to right, right to left, close in and far ahead. An observer might never notice this constant movement, as his head remained still. Again, that was his t...Read More
When a Skandian leader is captured by a treacherous desert tribe The Ranger’s are sent to free him Sandstorms, unrelenting heat and trickery abound… And like a desert mirage, nothing is as it seem...Read More
It was a constant tapping sound that roused Will from his deep, untroubled sleep. He had no clear idea at what point he first became aware of it. It seemed to slide unobtrusively into his sleeping min...Read More
‘We’re not going to make it,’ he said finally to Svengal. His second in command nodded agreement. ‘Looks that way,’ Svengal said philosophically. Erak was glancing keenly round the ship, mak...Read More