7th Century
Cometh the Hour
With a careful hand and keen appreciation for the era’s material culture, Annie Whitehead, the inaugural winner of the HWA…
The Cross and the Curse
North East Britain, the Dark Ages. Ancient paganism battles with new faith. Rival cultures jostle for supremacy. Kings plot to…
Dark Winds Rising
It is the year 602, and Wales is not yet united. Small neighboring kingdoms fight viciously against each other. Amid…
Penance of the Damned
In 671 AD Ireland, Fidelma and her brother, King Colgu of Cashel, are shocked to learn of the murder of…
The Serpent Sword
AD 633, a time of upheaval and war. Beobrand, a young man with a shadowy past, travels to the kingdom…
Saxon Tales: The Witch Who Faced the Fire
York, 7th century A.D. Young Aldith is only five when the plague comes. Her father is a tanner, who turns…
Oswiu: King of Kings
Oswiu has replaced his much-loved brother, Oswald, as the Anglo-Saxon king ruling Bernicia (Northumbria) from his stronghold at Bamburgh. Oswald has been killed by Penda, the ruthless…
Cloak of Ashes: The Women of Beowulf
Seventh-century Scandinavia: Freawaru, the daughter of a king and the lover of the renowned warrior Beowulf, is a seer in…
The Second Death
It is 671 AD, and the beginning of the summer season in the Irish kingdom of Muman, where Fidelma’s brother…
The Cross and the Curse
This story is set in the North of England, at a time when Kings were vying with each other for…
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