#1 – Wyrd of the Wolf
Southern England, seventh century. Cynethryth, the sixteen-year-old daughter of an ealdorman, is promised in marriage to secure her family’s position during wars among rival Saxon kingdoms. Captured by invading warriors, she is brought before another king whose cause threatens her people but whose character wins her…
#2 – In the Name of the Mother
Wessex, 689. The widowed Cynethryth returns from Rome carrying the child of her dead husband, a son whose royal blood makes him valuable and vulnerable. She entrusts Æthelheard to a related king in Dorset, hoping adoption will protect him from factions seeking to use or eliminate…
#3 – The Wyvern’s End
Wessex, 726. King Ine, exhausted by rebellion and internal division, announces his departure on pilgrimage to Rome and leaves the succession unresolved. Æthelheard, son of Cædwalla and an experienced warrior, has a strong claim but must overcome rival æthelings and nobles who see the king’s withdrawal…