Book description
Winter on the lawless plains of the Emmenrule. En route to her wedding
in the fortified city of Croad, the beautiful Lady Isola is kidnapped.
What is worse, her captor is the infamous Beauceron. But, ruthless as he
may be, Beauceron is no ordinary brigand: it is his life's ambition to
capture Croad itself - and he will stop at nothing to achieve it.
Mondia, though, is a continent of many stories, and in Croad, a young
man named Arren has been taken under the wing of the city's ruler, Lord
Thaume. Although of low birth, Arren is destined to become a knight of
valour and renown. But as his fortunes rise, so those of his childhood
friend Eilla fall. Beauceron has returned with his human plunder to his
home - the exquisite frozen city of Mettingloom. There, the imperious
Isola finds herself reassessing her former loyalties as she struggles to
adapt to her new life. Beauceron, meanwhile, is manoeuvring to raise an
army. He is determined to defeat his enemies, both inside and outside
Mettingloom - and to capture the city he loathes. But what is the source
of Beauceron's obsession with Croad? Can Arren reconcile his youthful
ambitions with his growing feelings for Eilla? And just who is the Dog
of the North? Tim Stretton's debut novel is a spellbinding tale of
loyalty and betrayal, homeland and exile, set in a brilliantly imagined
world of political intrigue, sorcery, and warfare on an epic scale.
A graduate in English and American Literature from the University of
Kent, Tim Stretton lives in West Sussex.
