Saxon Bane

by Griff Hosker Book 7 in the Wolf Brethren series.

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The surviving British kingdoms face a new stage of pressure as Edwin of Northumbria expands his power across the north. Lord Lann, the Wolf Warrior, attempts to unite rulers and war bands whose common fear of Saxon domination is repeatedly weakened by rivalry and mistrust. His famous sword gives him symbolic authority, but no weapon can remove the political divisions among the peoples he is trying to defend.

Treachery and changing alliances make every campaign uncertain. The novel follows the struggle between Northumbrian expansion and the remnants of Romano-British power, using Lann’s leadership to explore how resistance depends on cooperation among kingdoms that have often fought one another as fiercely as they fight the Saxons.

Historical Periods

Anglo-Saxon Englandc. 476–1066 CE Arthurian BritainLegendary setting, conventionally c. 5th–6th centuries CE Early Medieval Rheged and Northumbria476–700