Jarl Dragonheart’s sword and reputation attract ambitious young warriors who believe defeating him would make their own names. After surviving repeated assassination attempts, he travels to Wessex and supports King Egbert against an invasion from Mercia backed by Danish forces from Jorvik.
The campaign draws Dragonheart into conflicts among Anglo-Saxon kingdoms while danger continues to gather around his own home on Man. When the threat becomes direct, he must return and confront enemies who have used his absence to their advantage. The novel links the jarl’s personal reputation with the wider struggle for power in ninth-century Britain, where Norse and Saxon alliances shift according to immediate advantage.
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