SAXON STORIES,THE 2: THE PALE HORSEMAN - Harper

IN A CLASH OF HEROES, THE KINGDOM IS BORN Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance, adrift in a world of fire and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings who raised him, or for King Alfred who dislikes him. Alfred and Uhtred make unlikely allies. The king is a pious Christian, Uhtred a pagan and a warrior. Yet the two forge an uneasy alliance that will lead them out of the marshes to the stark hilltop where the last remaining Saxon army will fight for the very existence of England. THE PALE HORSEMAN is a novel of divided loyalties and desperate heroism, featuring a range of characters from a king in despair to a beguiling sorceress. And always, beyond the spearmen and the swordsmen, are the people who suffer as the tides of war sweep over their farmlands.