#1 – Insurrection
The novel opens in 1286 with the death of Alexander III and recasts the fatal royal journey as part of a conspiracy serving Edward I’s ambition to rule a united Britain. Scotland’s disputed succession brings the Bruce and Balliol families into competition, while English arbitration gradually…
#2 – Renegade
After the collapse of organised Scottish resistance in the late 1290s, Robert Bruce outwardly submits to Edward I while continuing to measure his own path to the throne. Rival claimants and the powerful Comyn interest make open defiance almost suicidal. A mission to Ireland in search…
#3 – Kingdom
By 1304, Edward I appears to have subdued Scotland, but Robert Bruce’s conflict with John Comyn makes compromise increasingly impossible. After killing Comyn and claiming the crown in 1306, Robert is defeated, driven into the western islands and separated from family members captured by the English.…