Sword of Albion, The The Sword of Albion Trilogy Book 1 - Softcover

Chadbourn, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593062477 ISBN 13: 9780593062470

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2010

Synopsis

1588: as the Spanish Armada prepares to sail, rumours abound of a doomsday device that, were it to fall into enemy hands, could destroy England and her bastard queen once and for all. Enter Will Swyfte. He is one of Walsingham's new breed of spy and his swashbuckling exploits have made him famous. However Swyfte's public image is a facade, created to give the people of England a hero in their hour of need - and to deflect attention from his real role: fighting a secret war against a foe infinitely more devilish than Spain...For millennia this unseen enemy has preyed upon humankind, treating honest folk as playthings to be hunted, taken and tormented. But now England is fighting back. Armed with little more than courage, their wits and an array of cunning gadgets created by sorcerer Dr Dee, Will and his colleagues must secure this mysterious device before it is too late. Theirs is a shadowy world of plot and counterplot, deception and betrayal, where no one - and nothing - is quite what they seem. At stake is the very survival of queen and country...

About this title

About the Author

A two-time winner of the British Fantasy Award, Mark Chadbourn is the author of eleven novels and one non-fiction book. Raised in the mining communities of South Derbyshire, he studied Economic History at Leeds before becoming a journalist. Now a screenwriter for BBC television drama, he has also run an independent record company, managed rock bands, worked on a production line and as an engineer's 'mate'. He lives in a forest in the Midlands. Visit www.markchadbourn.net.

From the Back Cover

1588: as the Spanish Armada prepares to sail, rumours abound of a doomsday device that, were it to fall into enemy hands, could destroy England and her bastard queen Elizabeth once and for all.

Enter Will Swyfte.

He is one of Walsingham's new breed of spy and his swashbuckling exploits have made him famous throughout Europe. But how can a man so celebrated be an effective secret agent? In truth, Swyfte's public image is a carefully nurtured facade to give the people of England a hero in their hour of need - and to deflect attention from his real role. For Will is at the forefront of a hidden war against an enemy infinitely more devilish than Spain...

For millennia the Faerie and its Unseelie Court have preyed upon human kind, treating honest folk as little more than playthings to be hunted, taken and tormented. But now England is fighting back. Armed with little more than courage, their wits and an array of cunning gadgets created by sorcerer Dr John Dee, Will and his colleagues must secure this mysterious weapon before it is too late.

Theirs is a deadly game played out in a shadowy world of plot and counter-plot, deception and desolation, where no one - and nothing - is quite what they seem. At stake is the very survival of queen and country...

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593062477
• ISBN 13: 9780593062470
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544