The Dead King (Norman Invasion Trilogy, #1)

This is the first novel in a powerful historical trilogy about the human will to survive. A family is torn apart by war and struggles to find one another again. The year is 1066. The Duke of Normandy has arrived on English soil, quickly quashing any uprising from the native Saxons and wresting the crown from King Harold. The men of Tresche are a strong Saxon family. Made up mostly of bastards, the men are warriors from the moment they are old enough to hold wooden swords in their tiny hands. Nothing could prepare them for the army of Duke William, and nothing could prepare them for the losses they suffer at the Battle of Hastings. Left with only memories of the past, they embark on a journey to bring the shattered pieces of their family back together. AUTHOR'S NOTE: This book includes graphic scenes of violence that depict a dark time in history. Historically, before he became King of England, William the Bastard secured his duchy by gouging out the eyes and cutting off the hands and feet of his prisoners. He then catapulted them into the town of Alencon, whose barons were not accepting of him as a nobleman. This is a story of a family William seeks vengeance upon. Though this book and the complete trilogy fall under the romance genre, this is not a typical romance of fairy tales and happily ever afters.