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1062- a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing- across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can drown England in a tide of blood.The ravens of war are gathering. But as the kings closest advisors scheme and squabble amongst themselves- hopes of resisting the naked ambition of the Norman duke come to rest with just one man: Hereward...To some a brilliant warrior- to others a devil in human form- Hereward is as adept in the art of slaughter as the enemies that gather to claim Englands throne. But in his countrys hour of greatest need- he has been declared an outlaw. To stay alive - and a freeman - he must carve a bloody swathe from the frozen hills of Northumbria to Flanders fields and the fenlands of East Anglia.The tale of a man whose deeds will become the stuff of legend- this is also the story of two mis-matched allies: Hereward the man of war- and Alric- a monk and a man of peace. One will risk everything to save the land he loves- the other to save his friends soul......