The Mongol horde is hurtling towards you . . .
Brace yourselves: my epic new Mongol novel Templar Traitor is about to slam on to the shelves. Based on the true story of an Englishman who fought for Genghis Khan in the 13th century, this first novel in a planned trilogy will be available as a paperback, eBook and audio book from Thursday, August 28, 2025.
Templar Traitor is a war story, a spy story, a love story – and a tale of grand adventure on the Asian steppe – which has been compared to James Clavell’s Shōgun in its scope and reach. “Expertly blending intense action with some great characters and a deeply intriguing historical period, Templar Traitor was a joy to read,” said the Unseen Library’s reviewer. This is what the back-of-book blurb says:
July 1241. Western Europe cowers in terror before the threat of a Mongol invasion. The swift cavalry columns of Genghis Khan have smashed the steel-clad warriors of Russia, Poland and Hungary – and now Austria lies directly in their path.
At a skirmish outside the walls of Vienna, German knights capture a squad of Mongol scouts and are astonished to discover one of their number is an Englishman – a former Templar – who has been riding with these Devil’s horsemen for more than twenty years.
Interrogator Father Ivo of Narbonne is summoned to draw the truth from the prisoner before his impending trial, to find out why he abandoned his faith, his Brethren and his homeland to become . . . a traitor to Christendom.
Templar Traitor is available from Amazon, Waterstones, and all good bookshops from August 28.
In other news . . .
I recently published a new volume in my bestselling Outlaw Chronicles. Robin Hood and the Heretic Prince is now available from Amazon in paperback and as an eBook. (No audio version yet, sadly.)