King of the North (Fire Born 4) is waiting in the wings
It’s been written, it’s been edited and I’ve checked the edited manuscript. A proofreader is going to run an eye over the text next week but, basically, King of the North (Fire Born 4) is good to go.
The cover is done (see above), a rough version of the back-of-book blurb has been written (see below) and we are almost ready to rumble. That said, it won’t be published until September. I don’t understand exactly why – something to do with marketing. And they need time to make the actual paper books, too.
But, as far as I’m concerned, King of the North is done and dusted. This is approximately what it will say on the back to give you an idea of the story. And don’t be shy about pre-ordering it. Here is the link.
An ambitious king
Spring, AD 777. Sigurd Hring, new King of the Svear, is summoning all the greatest warriors of the North to his banner, promising riches and glory. He invites Bjarki Bloodhand, the famous berserkr who can summon the fury of a wild bear in battle, to swear an oath of fealty to him. But Bjarki has already sailed away to rescue a beautiful Saxon princess.
A reluctant shield maiden
Tor Hildarsdottir, sister of Bjarki, now oath-bound to a powerful Svealand jarl, finds herself unwillingly enrolled in Sigurd’s mighty army. When Sigurd Hring arrogantly rejects the overlordship of Siegfried, King of the Dane-Mark, red war becomes inevitable.
The battle to end all battles
The two sides agree to meet at Norrkoping on the Svealand border. But Bjarki has joined King Siegfried’s Danish host, while Tor must fight for her lord and Svear homeland. So the two siblings must face each other over the shields in a bloody battle to end all battles to decide who shall be . . . King of the North!
King of the North (Fire Born 4) will be published on 28 September, 2023 but you can pre-order it before then (and please do, it would be very helpful to me). The Last Berserker, the first book in the series, is currently on sale for just 99p from Amazon. Books 2 and 3 in the series are also available from Amazon.
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