A Time for Swords

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When the Vikings launch a brutal attack on Dark Ages Britain, a novice monk's life is changed forever. The first novel in Matthew Harffy's thrilling A Time for Swords series.



Lindisfarne, AD 793. There had been portents – famine, whirlwinds, lightning from clear skies, serpents seen flying through the air. But when the raiders came, no one was prepared.



They came from the North, their dragon-prowed longships gliding out of the dawn mist as they descended on the kingdom's most sacred site.



It is 8th June 793, and with the pillage of the monastery on Lindisfarne, the Viking Age has begun.



While his fellow monks flee before the Norse onslaught, one young novice stands his ground. Hunlaf has been taught to turn the other cheek, but faced with the slaughter of his brothers and the pagan desecration of his church, forgiveness is impossible.



Hunlaf soon learns that there is a time for faith and prayer... and there is a time for swords.



From bestselling author MATTHEW HARFFY, A Time for Swords is an epic historical action-adventure series set during the dramatic Viking Age. The thrilling tale of Hunlaf, a monk who becomes a warrior following a devastating Viking attack, the series chronicles his daring quests through Early Medieval Europe. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell and Giles Kristian.



Readers love Matthew Harffy:



'A Time for Swords is a bold opening to yet another enthralling series' Theodore Brun

'Terrific white-knuckle action, absolutely gripping storytelling' Angus Donald

'Evokes the turbulence and violence of the first onslaught of the Vikings' Christian Cameron

'Nothing less than superb' Historical Novel Society

'The rightful heir to Gemmell's crown' Jemahl Evans



READ ALL OF MATTHEW HARFFY'S TERRIFIC A TIME FOR SWORDS SERIES:



#1 A Time for Swords

#2 A Night of Flames

#3 A Day of Reckoning

#4 Dominion of Dust