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The Last Sword
by M J Porter
Book 5 in the The Kingdom of Mercia: the Ninth Century series.
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The three defeated jarls of Grantabridge might be hiding behind the walls of their settlement as winter storms ravage, but the weather is no deterrent for another adversary, and Coelwulf holds a far more personal grudge against Jarl Halfdan. King Alfred hovers on the border with Wessex, his intentions impossible to determine; his relationship with the Viking raiders, problematic. Exposed to the south, in jeopardy from the north, Coelwulf hasn’t fought his last battle yet