Historical Fantasy Series
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An epic medieval adventure set in the thirteenth century, in a district called the March—a wild and lawless borderland between England and Wales. It’s a highly dangerous place, full of towns and villages constantly threatened by invasion, great uncertainty, and the terrors of plague, starvation, and endless wars. All along its eastern front, the English have built strong castles, employ goodly knights wielding fine broadswords, and have much gold coin, but the barbarian Welsh clans, out in the remote and primaeval western regions, have cunning, guile, knowledge of the land, and the command of ancient Celtic magic to aid their struggles.
Each book explores the trials, romances, and tribulations of a medieval knight and includes many hair-raising tales of their friends and family. The knights are a motley bunch, vagabonds, misfits, and eccentrics, who’ve gathered at Mold—a town right at the epicentre of all the trouble—to work for Lord Roger de Montalt, a cowardly Marcher baron, who’s terrified of Welsh wild-man warriors, but has been commanded by good King Henry to hail to Mold Castle and stop any trouble.
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BROM OF BROMWICK
Brom Bumblewood is a young English knight, a low-born novice with a stubborn sense of duty, and a complicated family life. He lives in Bromwick, a village situated in the wild and lawless borderlands between England and Wales. With his parents dead, he looks after his two little sisters, and juggles love and marriage with his young wife Maddie, who’s had quite enough of endless drudgery, so finds excitement in a secret women’s club—only to discover it’s run by a coven of Welsh witches with sinister plans.
Brom’s happy domestic world is shattered when a ruthless Welsh warlord and his supernatural allies, armed with an invincible weapon, plan on invading England and murdering all Englishmen in their beds. He’s swept up, along with squire Jim and the other Septimus Knights, on a deadly quest, whilst back in Bromwick, the lives of his family are utterly transformed. If Brom is to protect his home and those he loves, he must find courage, think fast, and stop England from falling.
With curses brewing, armies marching, and romance blooming in the most inconvenient places, Brom must choose between heroism and hearth, sword and supper.
A wonderful tale of young love, family ties, and the tides of a magical war.
THE ROGUES OF JACKDAW ALLEY
When Jo Potterson hears that the town she grew up in has been plunged into the middle of a brutal war, she decides to leave her dissolute London life and travel home to see what’s going on. How are her family and friends? Do they live, or have they been slain, tortured, or murdered in their beds?
When Jo gets to Mold, she finds things much worse than she’d feared. Welsh Wildman warriors are wandering about like they own the place, threatening people and abducting the district’s young men, including all her friends from her childhood gang – the Alley Boys. Her parents are glad to see her, but are dying of starvation, the Welsh having taken the harvest.
Jo is so angry that she set out on a madcap quest to save her family, find the Alley Boys, and kick out the Welsh invaders. But she’s soon battling a harsh Welsh winter, a wise‑woman with suspicious magic, and a princess who wants Jo in her bed. With botched kidnappings, surprise weddings, and a murder that could shatter Wales, her life suddenly takes a strange and unexpected turn, one that will make her already difficult quest virtually impossible.
A hair-raising tale of epic war, spies, found family, and the stubborn hope of ordinary people in extraordinary times.
Mike Mannion's books are well plotted with characters that leap off the page.
Colin Barnsley - Author of the musical Atlantis.
Certainly knows how to keep you hooked. Ravensmere is a definite page-turner.
Chris Tunstall - Book reviewer and author of Guardian of the One.
