One day, the Vikings would sweep it all away, but by then the mark left on the history of England by the golden age of Northumbria, could not be erased.
The main character, Cerdic, is the nephew of a great warrior who died a hero of the Anglo-Saxon country of Deira.
He experiences the true horrors of war, however, when his home is attacked, his sister kidnapped, his family betrayed and his uncle's legendary sword stolen.
Cerdic is thrown into the struggles that will determine the future of 6th century Britain and must show courageous leadership and overcome treachery, to save his kingdom, rescue his sister and return home with his uncle's sword.
[1] The story continues in Child of Loki, in which the focus shifts North to the fledgling Scottish kingdom of Dal Riata and involved the Battle of Degsastan in the year 603.
The main character Tom Oakley experiences disturbing episodes of déjà-vu and believes he is going mad.
Tom dreams about other "Walkers" in moments of mortal danger: Edward Dyson killed in a battle in 1879; Mary Brown who perished in the Great Fire of London; and Charlie Hawker, a sailor who drowned on a U-boat in 1943.
Agreeing to travel back in time and rescue them, Tom has three dangerous adventures, before returning to the present day.
Everyone is searching for pieces of The Crown of Knossos: historical artefacts which when assembled allow control over all of history in this and in the Twisted reality.
When a truant schoolboy, Ben, finds a scroll revealing the location of magical seals that binds a powerful demon beneath the city, he is thrown into the centre of a dangerous plot that leads to the Great Fire of 1666.