The Champion (II)

by David Pilling Book 2 in the The Champion series.

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In 1297, England and France have agreed a truce, but war continues elsewhere. Edward I’s position in Scotland is challenged by the rise of William Wallace, while conflict inside the Holy Roman Empire creates new opportunities and dangers for agents working beyond England’s borders.

Pascal of Valencia, an impoverished Aragonese knight now serving the English king, is used as soldier, spy and assassin. His assignments require him to move between courts and battlefields where formal peace may conceal private violence. The novel follows a professional warrior whose survival depends on reading political motives as carefully as an opponent’s sword, while the crises in Scotland and the Empire reshape the missions he is ordered to undertake.