Tyrant Whelp
It’s been a long year, but as 2020 finally draws to a close, I’m ready to introduce my next book which is the first in a new series called Tales of the Wasteland. It’s long been a plan to return to the environmental catastrophe of 536 that I first wrote about in The Girl from Brittia, but this time to explore it fully. That book took place over a short timespan and dealt only with the initial disaster, that seemed to be resolving itself after eighteen months. In reality there were further problems a few years later causing problems across the world.
The first two books of this series are set in the West-Country of England, with much action taking place in my home county of Devon or the Kingdom of Dumnonia as it was then.
Book one: Tyrant Whelp
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From Camelot High King Arthur presides over a golden age…
Far to the west, in the Kingdom of Dumnonia Arthur’s older brother, the wise King Cado sits on the throne. For Cado’s son, Custennin the future looks bright. Leaving behind a disreputable youth, he is due to marry Deryn, the daughter of a powerful moorland king and expects to be named his father’s heir, ignoring the claims of his troublesome nephews.
Deryn too has every reason to be happy, delighting in her marriage from the moment she and Custennin first meet. And at their nuptials everyone is agreed – the golden age will continue.
But across Britannia a shadow is falling, shrouding the sun so winter returns in spring. While the priests of Christ exhort everyone to pray for deliverance, Arthur’s heathen sister, Morgaine makes a terrifying prophecy of death and betrayal.
Crops fail, starvation threatens and Saxon invaders, so long subdued by Arthur, march forth once again. And realising Morgaine’s most tragic visions, Britannia’s finest fall hurtling Custennin towards a positon greater than he ever anticipated.
With Britannia struggling for survival, bitter rivalries and fatal choices take their toll, extending the shadow not only across the realm, but twisting deep into Custennin’s heart. As he proclaims himself greater even than Arthur, a monk writes the words that will condemn him for all time…
Tyrant Whelp
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Coming in 2021!
