Book 9 of The Bernicia Chronicles.
AD 652. Beobrand leads a group of pilgrims towards the holy city of Rome. The journey through Frankia is long and perilous. The lands of the Merovingian kings are rife with intrigue. Soon Wilfrid, and Beobrand, are caught up in sinister plots against the royal house.
After interrupting a brutal ambush in a forest, Beobrand and his trusted gesithas find their lives on the line. Dark forces will stop at nothing to seize control of the Frankish throne, and Beobrand is thrown into a deadly race for survival through foreign lands where he cannot be sure who is friend and who is foe.
The only certainty is that if he is to save his men, thwart the plots, and unmask his enemies, blood will flow.
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