The Blood King

A dark prophecy.A fractured kingdom.A sea of enemies.The blistering new historical fiction thriller from Michael Alexander McCarthy.410 AD – The land of the Britons is thrown into chaos when the despairing Roman Emperor withdraws his legions in a desperate bid to prevent the collapse of his disintegrating empire.Left to their fate by their former masters and deprived of the silver that had flowed into their treasuries from the continent, the vassal kings turn their eyes to the north in search of new wealth to plunder.The warring northern tribes lack the strength and unity to resist and seem destined to fall prey to the greed of their southern neighbours.Just when it seems that the gods will offer them no salvation, there comes one king to rule them all and soak the earth with blood from sea to sea and from the Dark Isles to Great Caesar's Wall.