Viking King

Furious that his despised half-brother was given the crown on the death of their shared father, a relationship he denies, Harthacnut vows to take his revenge on the English and their earls in any way he can. Earl Godwine earns the king’s greatest enmity, but Earl Leofric, protected from the worst of Harthacnut’s actions, is still left in a compromised situation when it’s Mercia that struggles to pay the king’s exorbitant taxes, and even his wife is forced to protest Harthacnut’s harsh treatment of his new subjects. Only Earl Siward earns the king’s respect, but far from the heartland of Wessex, he’s not easily controlled. Only then Leofric learns something that might change everything. Viking King is the ninth book in the Earls of Mercia series, retelling the story of the last century of Saxon England through the eyes of the powerful Earls of Mercia, the only noble family, apart from the House of Wessex, to hold their position for nearly a century.