It is the eight book that he has published with Matador, but trhe difference is that unlike his other novels, this one is not aimed at thew younger audience.
This novel is a drama filled exciting adventure novel set during the times when Viking warriors were the terror of Western Europe.
The novel opens on the morning of 8th June, 793AD. From the mist a whole fleet of Viking longships are powerfully moving toward the famed religious community on the island of Lindisfarne.
The Viking warriors beach their ships and with swords and battle axes tightly gripped, ready for action. they run toward the monastery, smash their way in and leave a trail of blood and destruction as they murder the defenceless monks, destroy buildings and altars, steal the holly treasures and enslave those they do not kill or capture and remove them in chains.
Who was behind this attack? Jarl Magnusson, otherwise known as the Red Plague.
However, whilst he was organising acts of plunder to help him create a powerful empire, he had failed to notice that other Vikings are also looking for plunder and the glory of building an empire.
One of these is a fellow Viking nobleman called Sigvald Foeslayer who is jealous of the Red Plague's successes and who coverts what he owns, including his massive fleet of longships.
The Red Plague has underestimated how dangerous Foeslayer is to his fleet, his Norwegian territories and his own family.
Eventually he identifies the challenge that Foesleyer presents him with and he decides to take action against him.
But is he too late? Can he defeat his rival's allies? Can he kill Foeslayer? Or will Foeslayer be victorious in this blood soaked novel about rivalry between Viking clan chiefs?
The book is based on detailed research on what it was really like to be a Viking and it is very well written and exciting adventure novel.
The good news is that it is the first in a series of Viking chronicles from Peter Wilks.
It is published by Matador at £8.99.
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