{"product_id":"oathbound-1","title":"Oathbound","description":"\u003cp\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2022. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn action-packed historical novel featuring Danish warrior Styrkar, and his journey through the violent Norman Conquest as he fights for vengeance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe champion of a dead king has nothing left to lose... And nothing more to fear. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHastings, 1066.\u003c\/b\u003e Styrkar the Dane stumbles wounded and delirious from the corpse-strewn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStyrkar embarks on a bloody quest to avenge his dead master, becoming an outlaw in the wilds and earning a fearsome reputation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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 attempt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Richard Cullen: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Richard Cullen''s writing is as sharp as the blade wielded by Styrkar, the series'' protagonist, who cuts a bloody swathe through his Norman enemies on his quest for vengeance. Styrkar is a great heroic creation, and the Wolf of Kings series places Cullen in the top tier of historical action and adventure authors'' \u003cb\u003eMatthew Harffy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003ci\u003eOath Bound\u003c\/i\u003e is a terrific novel... It''s a brutal yet compelling tale, and one that gripped me from the first page to the last'' \u003cb\u003ePaul Fraser Collard, author of \u003ci\u003eFugItive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A perfect example of tight, gritty, character-driven storytelling'' \u003cb\u003eLuke Scull, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Grim Company\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (on \u003ci\u003eHerald of the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314558017918,"sku":"NW9781801102049","price":9.13,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781801102049.jpg?v=1778713745","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/oathbound-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}