Dawn of the Dark Ages is a ground-breaking historical/fantasy series based on the Anglo-Saxons, the Goths, Huns, Romans and Franks, and are woven with the legends of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer, Waldere, Wīdsīth, Bēowulf and Hrólf Kraki, illuminating the so-called Dark Ages, an Age of heroes.
394 A.D.
Descended from the God of war, Offa leads a group of young Angles deep in the primordial forest of North Germania to begin their year in the wild. To join the elite Wolf-Coats, they must live feral, unsupervised, hunt and kill wolves, before returning home dressed in wolfskins. But there's something else out there, and the hunters soon become the hunted.
Meanwhile, based upon a true story, Offa's kinsmen, Ket and Wīg, return home to discover their father has been killed by Danish raiders (the Shieldings). After travelling to Daneland, the two teenagers give false identities and swear their oaths to the Danish King, all the while seeking the man who killed their father. But first they must free their mother from the clutches of the Danes without revealing their true identities, in what may be the greatest tale of revenge in English history.
Praise for S. A. Swaffington
...Swaffington does for ancient English what Pressfield does for ancient Greeks.
...English history you wont know existed
...One of the best historical fiction books I have read!
...I am delighted to have found these books by Swaffington, I enjoyed them as much as any Cornwell book.
...Historical fact/fiction at its best
...a masterpiece
...Epic
...Great peace of history, should be used in schools.
...the stuff of legend
...A much needed breath of fresh air!
...Brilliant
...Awesome!
...a enthrallingly good read... I couldn't put it down
...Mr Swaffington has produced a masterpiece!
...This is a must!
394 A.D.
Descended from the God of war, Offa leads a group of young Angles deep in the primordial forest of North Germania to begin their year in the wild. To join the elite Wolf-Coats, they must live feral, unsupervised, hunt and kill wolves, before returning home dressed in wolfskins. But there's something else out there, and the hunters soon become the hunted.
Meanwhile, based upon a true story, Offa's kinsmen, Ket and Wīg, return home to discover their father has been killed by Danish raiders (the Shieldings). After travelling to Daneland, the two teenagers give false identities and swear their oaths to the Danish King, all the while seeking the man who killed their father. But first they must free their mother from the clutches of the Danes without revealing their true identities, in what may be the greatest tale of revenge in English history.
Praise for S. A. Swaffington
...Swaffington does for ancient English what Pressfield does for ancient Greeks.
...English history you wont know existed
...One of the best historical fiction books I have read!
...I am delighted to have found these books by Swaffington, I enjoyed them as much as any Cornwell book.
...Historical fact/fiction at its best
...a masterpiece
...Epic
...Great peace of history, should be used in schools.
...the stuff of legend
...A much needed breath of fresh air!
...Brilliant
...Awesome!
...a enthrallingly good read... I couldn't put it down
...Mr Swaffington has produced a masterpiece!
...This is a must!
