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Cross of Fire
by David Gilman
Book 6 in the Master of War series.
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Thomas Blackstone has become Edward III’s Master of War, but the title brings exposure rather than security. In 1362 he is drawn into fortress warfare, noble feuds and missions where his value to the crown makes him a target for trained killers as well as open enemies.
The novel sits in the years when English power in France had to be converted into authority on the ground. Its historical frame is the post-Brétigny world of Aquitaine, local resistance and unpaid violence, where the difference between royal service, private vengeance and mercenary survival is often thin.
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