Published 2001

Read the first part of the book

Please note the outside cover may by slightly scuffed or mucky or may have sticker on back cover (these well-travelled books have been across the Atlantic and back). Last few copies.

Set mostly in ninth-century Scotland, this novel describes the bloody adventures of an assassin, told to his fellow prisoners as they await execution in the morning.

• Four prisoners in the pit

• Twleve hours until the hangings

• Nine tales of magic, intrigue and murder

• One outcome: death come the dawn

Read the first part of the book.