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Read an excerpt from my historical novel Sons of the Wolf
A lot goes on in my week. I work, I look after my family and my elderly mum, I do re-enactment, attend AA meetings and I write and blog. I dont know where the hours are found to fit everything in. At the moment I am currently working the edit of my second novel The Wolf Banner which is the sequel to Sons of the Wolf. I have so many intended projects to get on with I just dont know where I am going to fins the time! Anyway, I thought that as my blog is linked to my GoodReads account I would post a link to an excerpt from my current book Sons of the Wolf. Hope it might encourage people to download it or buy the paperback.
Many thanks in advance to those who check it out!
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Paula Lofting is a re-enactor with Regia Anglorum (www.regia.org you can find out more on her website, www.paulalofting.com
Many thanks in advance to those who check it out!
http://paulalofting-sonsofthewolf.blo...
Paula Lofting is a re-enactor with Regia Anglorum (www.regia.org you can find out more on her website, www.paulalofting.com
An excerpt from my sequel the Wolf Banner
I am currently working on the first edit of the sequel to my book Sons of the Wolf The Wolf Banner. Here is a little excerpt form it
“He suffers, my lord. A soul in torment. Nary a word has he spoken since that day,” she continued. Her gaze alternated between him and the ground; when she spoke, it met his and when she paused or hesitated, it was cast downwards.
“Then why would he do such a thing…for me…for Winflaed, when he has been caused so much hurt?”
“Because you saved his little sister….from the fire.” She went to the cart and lifted out a little dark-haired child. “Remember her? You risked your life to save her. Now he risks his life to come here and give you back your child.” The little girl was now an infant of four, with Helghi’s dark curls and eyes. She had the haunted look of a child who lived constantly in fear.
Wulfhere nodded. A memory of that night came flooding back in a torrent of images. He stood for a moment gazing at the woman holding her child, and in his mind’s eye he saw the scene as if it were happening then. He had just handed over the child to her grateful mother’s arms. He watched as she walked away. From where he sat, slumped on the grass as flames from the burning building blazed around him, he’d caught her glancing back at him, mouthing ‘thank you’. The same sense of peace that had breezed through him that night touched him again. He was transported back in time and he remembered how he had felt when he saw her clutching her child, safe from harm, knowing that it was because of him that the little mite lived.
“He suffers, my lord. A soul in torment. Nary a word has he spoken since that day,” she continued. Her gaze alternated between him and the ground; when she spoke, it met his and when she paused or hesitated, it was cast downwards.
“Then why would he do such a thing…for me…for Winflaed, when he has been caused so much hurt?”
“Because you saved his little sister….from the fire.” She went to the cart and lifted out a little dark-haired child. “Remember her? You risked your life to save her. Now he risks his life to come here and give you back your child.” The little girl was now an infant of four, with Helghi’s dark curls and eyes. She had the haunted look of a child who lived constantly in fear.
Wulfhere nodded. A memory of that night came flooding back in a torrent of images. He stood for a moment gazing at the woman holding her child, and in his mind’s eye he saw the scene as if it were happening then. He had just handed over the child to her grateful mother’s arms. He watched as she walked away. From where he sat, slumped on the grass as flames from the burning building blazed around him, he’d caught her glancing back at him, mouthing ‘thank you’. The same sense of peace that had breezed through him that night touched him again. He was transported back in time and he remembered how he had felt when he saw her clutching her child, safe from harm, knowing that it was because of him that the little mite lived.
Sons of the Wolf is back!!!
Sons of the Wolf:
So, Sons of the Wolf is back on kindle, with a new look cover and a new edit. It's totally awesome! And I'm so very proud!
Not that the original was not great, as you can see from my reviews, but its now more polished and I just love the new cover from Dave Slaney and thank you to Charlie Kirkpatrick who drew the horseman for me.
The authenticity of the Horseman was very important to me, and Mr Kirkpatrick has drawn Wulfhere perfectly.
For those of you who don't know what the book is about, it is the first in a series of books that are set in the 11thc in the years leading up to the Norman Conquest. It follows the fortune of Wulfhere of Horstede, an 11thc Sussex thegn, and the trials and tribulations of his family as they struggle to cope with the bloodfeud between their father and his neighbour, Helghi of Gorde.
Their lives are entwined with the politics and events of the times and along the way we meet characters such as Harold Godwinson and his bickering brothers, his Lady Edith Swanneck and the ineffectual king, Edward, who would rather go hunting than sit in council with his nobles.
Intrigue is abound at the court of the Confessor and when the recalcitrant Earl Alfgar insults the king, he is exiled which will inevitably drag Wulfhere into a terrible battle with the Welsh their Irish-Norse allies.
But although Wulfhere fights for his life on the battlefield, he soon comes to realise that the enemy is closer to home, sinister and shadowy, and far more dangerous than any war.
I hope that those of you who have marked Sons of the Wolf to read will check out this new version that will be available to download from tomorrow and now if you want to preorder it. myBook.to/SoWpre
So, Sons of the Wolf is back on kindle, with a new look cover and a new edit. It's totally awesome! And I'm so very proud!
Not that the original was not great, as you can see from my reviews, but its now more polished and I just love the new cover from Dave Slaney and thank you to Charlie Kirkpatrick who drew the horseman for me.
The authenticity of the Horseman was very important to me, and Mr Kirkpatrick has drawn Wulfhere perfectly.
For those of you who don't know what the book is about, it is the first in a series of books that are set in the 11thc in the years leading up to the Norman Conquest. It follows the fortune of Wulfhere of Horstede, an 11thc Sussex thegn, and the trials and tribulations of his family as they struggle to cope with the bloodfeud between their father and his neighbour, Helghi of Gorde.
Their lives are entwined with the politics and events of the times and along the way we meet characters such as Harold Godwinson and his bickering brothers, his Lady Edith Swanneck and the ineffectual king, Edward, who would rather go hunting than sit in council with his nobles.
Intrigue is abound at the court of the Confessor and when the recalcitrant Earl Alfgar insults the king, he is exiled which will inevitably drag Wulfhere into a terrible battle with the Welsh their Irish-Norse allies.
But although Wulfhere fights for his life on the battlefield, he soon comes to realise that the enemy is closer to home, sinister and shadowy, and far more dangerous than any war.
I hope that those of you who have marked Sons of the Wolf to read will check out this new version that will be available to download from tomorrow and now if you want to preorder it. myBook.to/SoWpre
