Angus Donald

Bjarki Bloodhand and Tor Hildarsdottir journey south into Saxony, seeking to join the ranks of the legendary berserkir - the elite fighters of the North. Karolus, King of the Franks, has vowed to stamp out the superstitious beliefs of his northern neighbors, who shun the teachings of the church. It will fall to Bjarki, Tor and all the brave people of Saxony to resist the mighty king in a struggle for the fate of all Europe.

In 1190 A.D. Richard the Lionheart, the new King of England, launches an epic crusade to reclaim Jerusalem from the Saracens. Marching with the vast royal army is Britain's most famous, most feared, most ferocious warrior: the Outlaw of Nottingham, the Earl of Locksley--Robin Hood himself. With his band of loyal men at his side, Robin cuts a bloody swath on the brutal journey east. Daring and dangerous, he can outwit and outlast any foe, but the battlefields...

AD 776: Bjarki Bloodhand has finally managed to subdue his gandr, the spirit that gives him the ferocity of a beast in battle. Yet losing his berserkr prowess threatens to leave him at the mercy of his old foes. His half-sister, shield maiden Tor Hildarsdottir, has made a powerful new enemy in the Jarl of Norrland, who has declared both to be outlaws. Valtyr Far-Traveller claims he has a solution to their problems: a long voyage to the wild Slavic...

AD 1203: E0ngland and France are locked in a brutal struggle for power. The fate of the embattled duchy of Normandy is in the hands of the weak and untrustworthy King John. Facing disaster, he calls for help from a former outlaw--Robin Hood. As King Philip II's army rips through the Norman defences, Robin- the Earl of Locksley- leads a savage mercenary force into battle under the English banner, supported by his loyal lieutenant Sir Alan Dale. But...

When past crimes resurface, Sir Alan Dale, loyal lieutenant of the Earl of Locksley--better known as the murderous thief Robin Hood--faces terrible vengeance at the hands of those that he and his master have wronged. With his beloved wife on her deathbed, Sir Alan must seek salvation by following Robin into the lair of their enemy, the mysterious leader of a band of renegade Templars, on the trail of the most precious object in the world: the Holy...

August, 1685. Captain Holcroft Blood is with the English Army besieging the forces of the deposed monarch James II at Carrickfergus in Ireland. For Holcroft, this is more than war- he burns for vengeance against an old foe. French intelligence agent Henri d'Erloncourt has travelled to Ireland with orders from his master, Louis le Grand, to foment rebellion against William of Orange. Michael "Galloping" Hogan, brigand, boozer and despoiler of Protestant...

Newly returned from years of secret work in Paris for the late king, Charles II, Lieutenant Holcroft Blood, a gunnery officer in His Majesty's Ordnance, must now face James II's enemies on the gore-drenched battlefields of the British Isles. But after the victory at Sedgemoor, many powerful men have grown tired of Catholic James's brutal, autocratic rule and seek to invite William, the Protestant Prince of Orange, to seize the thrones of the Three...