Longdirk, the hero of medieval Europe, faces his greatest threat.
"Duncan excels at old-fashioned swashbuckling fantasy" (RT Book
Reviews).
The Scottish outlaw Toby Strangerson, known as Longdirk, has used
gramarye, dark magic, to defeat the Fiend and save Europe from abject
slavery--but he has also made himself the most feared and envied man in
all of Italy. The hordes are reorganizing and plan to sweep over the
Alps once more and retake their lost prize of power and conquest. Toby
and his friend Hamish struggle to unite the quarreling city-states into
a single, powerful force to resist the invasion in a world where no ally
can be trusted and traitors lurk in every shadow. But there is more at
stake than freedom and the destiny of a continent. A woman's love is
also hanging in the balance. This book was originally published under
the name Ken Hood.