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LONGLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2022An actionpacked historical novel featuring Danish warrior Styrkar and his journey through the violent Norman Conquest as he fights for vengeance The champion of a dead king has nothing left to lose And nothing more to fear Hastings 1066Styrkar the Dane stumbles wounded and delirious from the corpsestrewn battlefield of Senlac Hill He has watched his king butchered at the hands of foreign knights seen his countrymen defeated in battle and he will not stop until there is a reckoning Styrkar embarks on a bloody quest to avenge his dead master becoming an outlaw in the wilds and earning a fearsome reputation When a Breton knight seeks to track down this fugitive and make his own name he can little envisage the task he has set himself For Styrkar the Red Wolf last surviving housecarl to King Harold Godwinson will carve the story of his vengeance in Frankish flesh or die in the attemptPerfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell Giles Kristian and Guy Gavriel Kay As well as those who enjoyed the world of Assassins Creed ValhallaPraise for Richard Cullen Oath Bound is a terrific novel Its a brutal yet compelling tale and one that gripped me from the first page to the last Paul Fraser Collard author of FugitiveA perfect example of tight gritty characterdriven storytelling Luke Scull author of The Grim Company