The Varcas plateau is being invaded.
Aldric's wife has been brutally murdered, their land pillaged. Being a watchman for Duke Carles, Aldric knows that this is only the beginning.
The Horse Horde is on the move. Consisting of tens of thousands of warriors, this threat is by far the greatest the watchman has seen. They are heading for the capital, Matravers, where the Duke is residing with his troops.
However, the Horde are merely mercenaries. This attack is orchestrated by two very influential people, each with their own agendas.
Crotalus, the Captain General of the Regiment wishes to overthrow the Duke and take his place.
Chindit, a Shaman with a lust for power, desires the Black Grimoire. A book with the power to summon the dead.
Even if he can warn the Duke, can his troops survive the vast numbers of the Horde?
Finding some unusual allies along the way, Aldric is determined to reach the Duke and hinder the progress of the Horde using any means possible.
But will it be enough?
Or will his efforts be in vain...
Christopher Kenworthy was born in Liverpool in 1937 and evacuated during the war to the Lake District...The beginning of his love affair with the Lakes and inspiration for his Lakes Trilogy. A brief flirtation with law at King's - running the college newspaper - confirmed his determination to follow a career in journalism! He spent a quarter of a century on Fleet Street...gossip columnist, lobby correspondent, leader writer (for Charles Wintour), publishing correspondent/book reviewer and finally as a Show Business and TV Correspondent on TV Times and then the Sun.
Leaving Fleet Street in 1985 he continued as a freelance writer and researcher. As a professional researcher he worked for John Sullivan and the makers of the wildlife series 'Badger'. His areas of expertise included Medieval Armour, John Paul Jones and the American Navy, the American South West and Native Americans of Arizona and everything about France! His many and varied published books - over 40 - are a reflection of his knowledge and interests.
He took inspiration from some of his interviewees; C. S. Forester - naval stories, Louis l'Amour - Westerns and latterly David Gemmell who had read and admired his work, encouraged him to write his epic The Watchman.
"Working as a professional journalist in Fleet Street I managed to interview a stream of authors parading through London, and I shamelessly looted their brains and expertise."
Genre: Fantasy
Aldric's wife has been brutally murdered, their land pillaged. Being a watchman for Duke Carles, Aldric knows that this is only the beginning.
The Horse Horde is on the move. Consisting of tens of thousands of warriors, this threat is by far the greatest the watchman has seen. They are heading for the capital, Matravers, where the Duke is residing with his troops.
However, the Horde are merely mercenaries. This attack is orchestrated by two very influential people, each with their own agendas.
Crotalus, the Captain General of the Regiment wishes to overthrow the Duke and take his place.
Chindit, a Shaman with a lust for power, desires the Black Grimoire. A book with the power to summon the dead.
Even if he can warn the Duke, can his troops survive the vast numbers of the Horde?
Finding some unusual allies along the way, Aldric is determined to reach the Duke and hinder the progress of the Horde using any means possible.
But will it be enough?
Or will his efforts be in vain...
Christopher Kenworthy was born in Liverpool in 1937 and evacuated during the war to the Lake District...The beginning of his love affair with the Lakes and inspiration for his Lakes Trilogy. A brief flirtation with law at King's - running the college newspaper - confirmed his determination to follow a career in journalism! He spent a quarter of a century on Fleet Street...gossip columnist, lobby correspondent, leader writer (for Charles Wintour), publishing correspondent/book reviewer and finally as a Show Business and TV Correspondent on TV Times and then the Sun.
Leaving Fleet Street in 1985 he continued as a freelance writer and researcher. As a professional researcher he worked for John Sullivan and the makers of the wildlife series 'Badger'. His areas of expertise included Medieval Armour, John Paul Jones and the American Navy, the American South West and Native Americans of Arizona and everything about France! His many and varied published books - over 40 - are a reflection of his knowledge and interests.
He took inspiration from some of his interviewees; C. S. Forester - naval stories, Louis l'Amour - Westerns and latterly David Gemmell who had read and admired his work, encouraged him to write his epic The Watchman.
"Working as a professional journalist in Fleet Street I managed to interview a stream of authors parading through London, and I shamelessly looted their brains and expertise."
Genre: Fantasy
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