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  • A Time for Swords, Book 1
  • Written by: Matthew Harffy
  • Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
  • Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)

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Written by: Matthew Harffy
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When the Vikings attack, a novice monk's life is changed forever in Matthew Harffy's new historical adventure.

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 AD 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. He 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.
©2020 Matthew Harffy (P)2021 W F Howes
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"Harffy's writing just gets better and better.... He is really proving himself the rightful heir to Gemmell's crown." (Jemahl Evans)

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Great story

Wonderful story of a devoted Monk, who found his real life calling him to be a warrior.

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