Boldwood Books Ltd 757: A BRAND NEW Dark Ages adventure of power, succession and rivalry from MJ Porter

This is Mercia. The year is 757. A king will fall. A king will rise. But first, civil war will rage. King Æthelbald's forty-year vice-like rule over Mercia has been rigid. But he lacks a legitimate heir despite his insatiable bedchamber antics. Offa must stand hostage to his familys good behaviour, when his father missteps in removing his mother from Æthelbalds bed. Shockingly, his younger sister now replaces her. But the king isnt finished with his denigration of Offas noble House. When his parents are traitorously killed, Offas resentment grows, compounded by the ridicule heaped on him by King Æthelbalds oathsworn warriors. With the kings health deteriorating, the matter of the succession becomes paramount. There are plenty who share a claim to the kingship. Discord threatens to fracture the mighty realm, and those with sword and shield, seax and spear are prepared to risk it all to be the future king of Mercia. Praise for M J Porter: 'Immediate and personal. MJ Porter recounts a sensitive, reluctant hero's coming-of-age within a Dark Age realm riven by chaos and conflict' - Matthew Harffy Refreshing I was reluctant to put the book down - Historical Novel Society Autorid: MJ Porter