Wolves of Winter

by Dan Jones Book 2 in the Essex Dogs series.

First published 2023

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France, 1347. The Essex Dogs emerge from Crécy depleted and unsettled, only to be sent into the English siege camp outside Calais. The battlefield has been replaced by a sprawling temporary city of soldiers, merchants, criminals and displaced civilians, while the population behind the walls is driven towards starvation. The Dogs discover that waiting for a city to fall can be as dangerous as open combat.

Loveday’s search for the missing Captain begins to undermine his authority. Romford is confronted by a figure connected to the life he escaped, while Scotsman sinks further into drink, anger and self-destruction. As the company enters both the besiegers’ lawless camp and the desperate city, old loyalties fracture. The second novel deepens the trilogy’s portrayal of war by concentrating on siege conditions, trauma and the slow erosion of a military brotherhood.