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Before Anne Boleyn stole the heart of already married King, another woman strove to wed an already married King/ This is the story of Elfrida who would become the first crowned Queen of England.

Northman, eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, fostered, at the King's insistence, by Eadric of Mercia, finds himself caught between loyalty to his father and his foster father. Fighting for his own sense of self, whilst Viking raiders vie for the English King's land, he must chose his own path, and hold true to his own belief's amongst murky Court politics and bitter pitched battles. Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce, must accept his King's wish...

Sereh, rescued on the cusp of death. Erann, angry to the point of incoherency. Emma, confused about her own place in history. The Librarian, tormented by his past. Greeneyes, with his loyalties split. Rankil, fighting for his survival. Ramon, determined to clear his name. As the land rocks beneath their feet and Gemini draws ever closer, events on Unison continue to spiral out of control.

They will bond, an unbreakable bond, and together they will unite and restore everything to how it should be." So the words of the long ago prophecy haunt Erann as his bond with Greeneyes is broken and the people of Unison are plunged further into peril with the unwelcome return of the Long Night. Greeneyes, lost to the perils of the fissure. Erann: marooned alone outside the resurgent shield. Sereh, healed but damaged. Ramon, with the weight ...

Athelstan, King of the English, Olaf Gothfrithsson, King of the Dublin Norse, Constantin, King of the Scots, Owain, King of Strathclyde, Hywel of the South Welsh, one 'great lamentable and horrible battle'. The year is 937 and Athelstan, King of the English and overlord of the British kingdoms, faces opposition to his rule that will culminate in the great battle of Brunanburh.

Book 6 in the Dragon of Unison Series, following on from Purple, Blue, Green, Red and Black ..... 'A time will come when the mountains will move and the ground will tremor, when the heavens will fall upon our land and beasts with wings will erupt from the mountains and call us friends.' 'A time will come when one person will be given the power of our land, the power to heal and grow and melt and make new.' 'A time will come when day will alway...

Before his encounter with Ealdorman Leofwine on his fateful trip to Shetland, King Swein first had to wrestle Denmark from his father's kingship and make his own name as a warrior of great renown. This side story to the Earls of Mercia series tells of the early years of King Swein's reign, his first raid on England, his encounter with Ealdorman Leofwine and his quest to once and for all kill Olaf of Norway, culminating in the mighty sea battle...

Wulfstan, the Ealdorman of the Hwicce's most trusted advisor, mentor and friend, has a few secrets of his own to tell in this side story to the epic Earls of Mercia Series. Returning to the beginning of the reign of King Aethelred II, the child-king who must spend his early years over coming the petty feuds that threaten to rip the Kingdom of England apart, Wulfstan is a companion novella to the Earls of Mercia series best read after Northman ...

Edmund of the English, the aged Constantin of Scotland, Anlaf Sihtriccson of York, Idwal of Gwynedd, Hywel of the South Welsh. The year is 942 and the treaty of Eamont in 927 and the recent battle of Brunanburh in 937 have inflicted an uneasy calm on the lands of the British Isles. The fledgling England, Scotland, Strathclyde, the warring Welsh kingdoms and the Viking stronghold of Dublin are held firmly apart. Or are they? Hinged on the power...

Northman, eldest son of Ealdorman Leofwine, husband, father and brother almost snatched a moment of peace when King Swein of Denmark helped himself to the English throne, and Aethelred removed himself to the Court of Duke Richard II of Normandy, his brother by marriage. But when Swein unexpectedly dies weeks after his coronation, England is once more plunged into strife and war, for who will succeed to the throne now? Leofwine, ex-enemy and so...

Swein, King of Denmark, and briefly England, lies dead, his son ousted from England as King Aethelred returns from his exile in Normandy at the behest of his Witan and the Bishops. Aethelred might have relinquished his kingdom to Swein, the conqueror, but with Swein dead, the men have no interest in supporting an untried youth whose name resounds with the murder of one of England's greatest bishop's, a youth known only for his savagery and joy...

Ealdorman Leofwine, bereaved and betrayed by the new Danish King of England, hides away from the politics of the Witan, desperate to forget his past links with Cnut and his father, Swein, only Cnut won't let his most trusted ealdorman go quite so easily. He knows that for his fledgling kingship to survive, he needs the old guard from the previous king's reign to add legitimacy to his own. His new men, the men who've followed him from Denmark, ...

Edmund of the English, Anlaf Sihtriccson of York, Ragnall Gothfrithsson of York, the aged Constantin of Scotland, now in retirement, with his successor Mael Coluim finally in control, Athelstan Half King of the English, Hywel of the Ancient Britons (Welsh). The year is 945 and Edmund of the English, finally coming into his own as the second English king now has the power and the ability to push back England's borders even further, his eye firm...